melanostomias, Lycenchelys Toyoshima [M.] in Amaoka et al. 1983:271, Pl. 157; Figs. 25-27 [Fishes from the north-eastern Sea of Japan and the Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido; ref. 8379] Off Shiretoko Peninsula, Hokkaido, Okhotsk Sea, 44°19.5'N, 145°01'E, depth 915-925 meters. Holotype (unique): HUMZ 77572. Type catalog: Kawarada et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37443]. •Valid as Lycenchelys melanostomias Toyoshima 1983 -- (Toyoshima in Masuda et al. 1984:306 [ref. 6441], Toyoshima 1985:170 [ref. 5722], Anderson 1994:117 [ref. 21438], Fedorov 1995:130 [ref. 21958], Nakabo 2000:1032 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1032 [ref. 26193], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:18 [ref. 27603], Imamura et al. 2004:84 [ref. 27600], Imamura et al. 2005:3 [ref. 28190], Shinohara & Anderson 2007:64 [ref. 29111], Balushkin et al. 2011:1026 [ref. 32449], Parin et al. 2014:400 [ref. 33547], Thiel et al. 2018:52 [ref. 35743], Kawarada et al. 2020:27 [ref. 37443], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:836 [ref. 38925], Prokofiev 2022:155 [ref. 39243]). Current status: Valid as Lycenchelys melanostomias Toyoshima 1983. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Okhotsk Sea (northern Japan, Russia). Habitat: marine.