gilberti, Hoplichthys Jordan [D. S.] & Richardson [R. E.] 1908:647, Fig. 6 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 33 (no. 1581); ref. 2491] Suruga Bay, Japan, Albatross station 5070, depth 08 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 51271. Paratypes: (8) ? CAS-SU 20229 (2), USNM 398507 [ex 51271] (7). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:126 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Hoplichthys gilberti Jordan & Richardson 1908 -- (Kanayama in Okamura et al. 1982:289, 401 [ref. 8256], Ochiai in Masuda et al. 1984:322 [ref. 6441], Yatou in Okamura et al. 1985:601, 730 [ref. 8056], Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1990:239 [ref. 16024], Mohsin & Ambak 1996:578 [ref. 27969], McGrouther 1999:2424 [ref. 24808], Nakabo 2000:621 [ref. 25086], McGrouther in Randall & Lim 2000:608 [ref. 25122], Shinohara et al. 2001:318 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:621 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:260, 571 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2005:428 [ref. 28370], Nagano et al. 2012:260 [ref. 32419], Nagano et al. 2013:7 [ref. 32577], Nagano et al. 2013:246 [ref. 32741], Shinohara et al. 2014:247 [ref. 33330], Nagano et al. 2014:6 [ref. 33541], Stewart & Struthers 2015:1115 [ref. 34274], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709], Kim et al. 2020:99 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:49 [ref. 37637], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:133 [ref. 41223], Luo et al. 2024:9 [ref. 41630]). Current status: Valid as Hoplichthys gilberti Jordan & Richardson 1908. Hoplichthyidae. Distribution: Western Pacific: Korea and Japan to New Caledonia. New Zealand region specimen records are provisional [ref. 34274]. Habitat: marine.