Species that contain: Careproctus and rastrinus [ 4 ] records

acanthodes, Careproctus Gilbert [C. H.] & Burke [C. V.] 1912:363, Pl. 43 (fig. 3); Fig. 4 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1907); ref. 1633] Tatar Strait off southwestern coast of Sakhalin Island, Russia, Albatross station 4997, 47°38'40"N, 141°24'30"E, depth 581 meters. Holotype: USNM 73332. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22236 (4). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:135 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Kido 1988:217 [ref. 12287], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:611 [ref. 25968]). •Valid as Careproctus acanthodes Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:339 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:441 [ref. 15964], Pitruk 1990:36 [ref. 20303], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:11 [ref. 24670], Chernova et al. 2004:4 [ref. 27592], see Kai et al. 2011:144, 152 [ref. 31271], Shinohara et al. 2011:47 [ref. 31715], Shinohara et al. 2014:256 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:315 [ref. 33547], Orr et al. 2015:320 [ref. 33959], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:209 [ref. 39115]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus acanthodes Gilbert & Burke 1912. Liparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan Sea (Tatar Stait) and Okhotsk Sea. Habitat: marine.

pellucidus, Careproctus Gilbert [C. H.] & Burke [C. V.] 1912:366, Pl. 44 (fig. 3); Fig. 8 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1907); ref. 1633] Off Oshika Peninsula, northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, 38°24'N, 141°52'30"E (or 38.1567°N, 141.875°E), Albatross station 5048, depth 129 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 73335. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22378 (2), USNM 74525 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:136 [ref. 12291]. •Synonym of Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Kido 1988:217 [ref. 12287], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:611 [ref. 25968], Chernova et al. 2004:13 [ref. 27592], Kai et al. 2011:144, 152 [ref. 31271], Marchi et al. 2012:33 [ref. 32025], Parin et al. 2014:325 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Careproctus pellucidus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:339 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:448 [ref. 15964], see Kai et al. 2011:144, 152 [ref. 31271], Orr et al. 2015:324 [ref. 33959], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus pellucidus Gilbert & Burke 1912. Liparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan Sea and Pacific off northern Honshu and Hokkaido (Japan). Habitat: marine.

rastrinus, Careproctus Gilbert [C. H.] & Burke [C. V.] 1912:362, Pl. 43 (fig. 2); Fig. 3 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 42 (no. 1907); ref. 1633] Southern Okhotsk Sea, off Cape Patience, Sakhalin Island, 48°36'10"N, 145°17'30"E (or 48.6028°N, 145.2917°E), Albatross station 5026, depth 217 meters. Holotype: USNM 73331. Paratypes: CAS-SU 22371 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:136 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:339 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:446 [ref. 15964], Kido 1988:198 [ref. 12287], Pitruk 1990:38 [ref. 20303], Shinohara et al. 1996:178 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:672 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:611 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:672 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:278, 585 [ref. 26218], Fedorov et al. 2003:99 [ref. 27579], Chernova et al. 2004:14 [ref. 27592], Nelson et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:103 [ref. 37547], Ji et al. 2012:310 [ref. 36294], Page et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:256 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:325 [ref. 33547], Orr et al. 2015:307 [ref. 33959], Song et al. 2015:171 [ref. 36308], Tohkairin et al. 2015:9 [ref. 35331] as species complex, Kells et al. 2016:212 [ref. 35888], Gerringer et al. 2017:173 [ref. 35688], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839], Sonoyama et al. 2020:92 [ref. 37637] as Careproctus rastrinus species complex, Dyldin & Orlov 2022:212 [ref. 39115]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912. Liparidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea, and possibly southeastern Alaska (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

scottae, Careproctus Chapman [W. M.] & DeLacy [A. C.] 1934:2 [Journal of the Pan-Pacific Research Institution v. 9 (no. 2) (for Apr.-June 1934); ref. 16415] Off Petersburg, Alaska, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 104497 [ex UW 2742]. Paratypes: UW 2741 (5), 2743 (5); UMMZ 102220 (1); USNM 93787 (1), 104681 [ex UW 104681] (3). •Questionably a synonym of Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650]). •Probably a synonym of Careproctus rastrinus Gilbert & Burke 1912 -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:612 [ref. 25968]). •Probably valid as Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy 1934 -- (Kai et al. 2011:144, 152 [ref. 31271]). •Valid as Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy 1934 -- (Chernova et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27592], Nelson et al. 2004:124 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:103 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:127 [ref. 32708], Orr et al. 2015:318 [ref. 33959], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839], Love et al. 2021:137 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus scottae Chapman & DeLacy 1934. Liparidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.