lorum, Desmodema Rosenblatt [R. H.] & Butler [J. L.] 1977:851, Figs. 3-6 [United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 75 (no. 4); ref. 7281] North Pacific, 29°05'to 03'N, 126°38' to 42'W, depth 0-220 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 216726 [ex SIO 62-434]. Paratypes: LACM 9726-8 (1), 9890-2 (1), 9982-10 (1), 30217-1 (1), 30597-1 (1), 30998-1 (1), 31678-1 (1), 31800-2 (1), 35237-1 (1); SIO 15-1093 (1) (ex UCLA W61-125), 63-375 (1), 63-429 (1), 74-47 (1), 76-335 (1). •Valid as Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler 1977 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:121 [ref. 9277], Fujii in Masuda et al. 1984:117 [ref. 6441], Nakabo 2000:405 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:24 [ref. 25650], Nakabo 2002:404 [ref. 26001], Nelson et al. 2004:89 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:48 [ref. 37547], Mundy 2005:237 [ref. 28379], Page et al. 2013:91 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:162 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:348 [ref. 35888], Angulo & López-Sánchez 2017:587 [ref. 35166], Burton & Lea 2019:48 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:75 [ref. 39279], Martin & Hilton 2021:345 [ref. 38678], Page et al. 2023:98 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Desmodema lorum Rosenblatt & Butler 1977. Trachipteridae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and southern Kuril Islands; eastern Pacific: southern California (U.S.A.) and Baja California (Mexico) south to Peru. Habitat: marine.