pacificus, Neoscombrops Mochizuki [K.] 1979:247, Fig. 1A [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 26 (no. 3); ref. 8802] Aogashima Island, Japan, 32°25'N, 139°47'E, depth 300-500 meters. Holotype: ZUMT 52879. Paratypes: SMBL 73201-03 (1, 1, 1) [not seen at FAKU]; ZUMT 52880-81 (1, 1). •Valid as Neoscombrops pacificus Mochizuki 1979 -- (Mochizuki in Masuda et al. 1984:125 [ref. 6441], Mochizuki & Sano 1984:337 [ref. 5188], Carpenter 1999:2437 [ref. 24813], Nakabo 2000:687 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:687 [ref. 26001], Shinohara et al. 2005:430 [ref. 28370], Yamanoue et al. 2009:400 [ref. 30547], Fricke et al. 2011:383 [ref. 31242], Motomura et al. 2015:19 [ref. 34709]). •Valid as Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki 1979) -- (Yamanoue 2016:2388 [ref. 34736]). Current status: Valid as Verilus pacificus (Mochizuki 1979). Malakichthyidae. Distribution: Western and central North Pacific. Habitat: marine.