japonicus, Icelinus Yabe [M.], Tsumura [K.] & Katayama [M.] 1980:106, Figs. 1-2 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 27 (no. 2); ref. 8640] Mano Bay, off Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan, 37°57'N, 138°19'E. Holotype: HUMZ 79035. Paratypes: HUMZ 75466 (1), 77562 (1), 77563 (1, dissected); NSMT-P 18575 (1). Other material: HUMZ 77561 (1). •Valid as Icelinus japonicus Yabe, Tsumura & Katayama 1980 -- (Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:325 [ref. 6441], Peden 1984:79 [ref. 5193], Suzuki & Uno 1992:4 [ref. 24139], Nakabo 2000:636 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:636 [ref. 26001], Rosenblatt & Smith 2004:560 [ref. 27912]). Current status: Valid as Icelinus japonicus Yabe, Tsumura & Katayama 1980. Psychrolutidae: Oligocottinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.