trichodon, Trachinus Tilesius [W. G. von] 1813:466, Pl. 15 (figs. 8-10) [Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint Pétersbourg v. 4 (for 1811); ref. 13413] Kamchatka, Russia; and Aleutian Islands, Alaska. No types known. Species is incorrectly spelled as Drachinus trichodon in the list of plates on the title page (p. 406), as Trachinus gasteropelecus vel Trichodon stelleri on p. 466; spelling corrected as Trachinus trichodon in text and below the figure of the specimen on Pl. 15 (fig. 8) -- see Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27305]. Trachinus trichodon Pallas 1814 is not an original description. •Valid as Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius 1813) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:238 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:532 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:173 [ref. 14674], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:39 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:793 [ref. 25968], Chereshnev & Nazarkin 2002:710 [ref. 26470], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27305], Fedorov et al. 2003:129 [ref. 27579], Parin 2003:S20 [ref. 28536], Nelson et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:151 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:165 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:463 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:65 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:292 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:87 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:193 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:216 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Trichodon trichodon (Tilesius 1813). Trichodontidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Jaoan and Sea of Okhotsk north to southern Bering Sea and Commander Islands (Russia), then Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) south to central California (U.S.A.) Habitat: marine.