maculatus, Liparis Krasyukova [Z. V.] 1984:5, Fig. 1 [Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademii Nauk SSSR v. 127; ref. 20305] Eastern coast of Sakhalin, Okhotsk Sea, near Starodubskoe, depth 27-42 meters. Holotype (unique): ZIN 42369. Type catalog: Chernova 1998:767 [ref. 24687]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Liparis maculatus Malm 1865. But this name can be used (nomen protectum) since Liparus maculatus Malm 1865 has not been used since 1899 as a valid name and the conditions of Art. 23.9.2 are met. •Treated as valid as Liparis maculatus Schmidt 1984 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:388 [ref. 15964]). •Valid as Liparis maculatus Krasyukova 1984 -- (Pitruk 1990:40 [ref. 20303], Chernova et al. 2004:26 [ref. 27592], Chernova 2008:841 [ref. 30236], Parin et al. 2014:337 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:216 [ref. 39115]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Valid as Liparis maculatus Krasyukova 1984. Liparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk (Russia). Habitat: marine.