phrictus, Psychrolutes Stein [D. L.] & Bond [C. E.] 1978:3, Figs. 1-2 [Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) No. 296; ref. 8873] North Pacific, 44°44'18"N, 125°41'18"W, depth 2800 meters. Holotype: USNM 216253. Paratypes: CAS 32580 (1); LACM 30807-4 (1), 34185-1 (2), 34338-1 (1), 35230-1 (3), 35232-1 (1), 35234-1 (1), 35561-1 (1); OSUO 1524 (1), 2020 (1), 2021 (1), 2040 (1, c&s), 2029 (1), 2057 (1), 2221 (1). Additional material (3). •Valid as Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond 1978 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:180 [ref. 9277], Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:159, 215, 289, 340 [ref. 8379], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:331 [ref. 6441], McAllister 1990:204 [ref. 14674], Fricke 1990:407 [ref. 15492], Nelson 1995:69 [ref. 22668], Shinohara et al. 1996:177 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:653 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:523 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:653 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S95 [ref. 28300], Love et al. 2005:95 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:13 [ref. 37947], Shinohara et al. 2005:428 [ref. 28370], Parin et al. 2014:303 [ref. 33547], Afonso et al. 2016:56, 258 [ref. 36199], Burton & Lea 2019:70 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:125 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:55 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond 1978. Psychrolutidae: Psychrolutinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk and Pacific coast of Honshu (Japan) north to Bering Sea, then south to southern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.