melanostictus, Sebastodes (Zalopyr) Matsubara [K.] 1934:206 [Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute Tokyo v. 30 (no. 3); ref. 13900] Kazusa Province, Japan. Holotype: FAKU 101043. •Synonym of Sebastes aleutianus (Jordan & Evermann 1898) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:25 [ref. 25650], Love et al. 2002:122 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:381 [ref. 25968]). •Valid as Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara 1934) -- (Orr & Hawkins 2008:126 [ref. 29591], Butler et al. 2012:64 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:218 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:29 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:142 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:60 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:109 [ref. 39279], Wada & Kai 2022:38 [ref. 40032], Page et al. 2023:180 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes melanostictus (Matsubara 1934). Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan (Japan) and Pacific coast of Japan north to Bering Sea, then south to southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.