diaphanocarus, Plectobranchus Schmidt [P. Yu.] 1904:182 [Fishes of the eastern seas of the Russian Empire; ref. 3946] Eastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, Okhotsk Sea, depth 343 feet (40-49 Russian fathoms.). Syntypes: ZIN 12959 (5, lost), 12960 (5). Type catalog: Balushkin et al. 2012:119 [ref. 33656]. •Synonym of Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries 1838), but a valid subspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:92 [ref. 7348], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Makushok in Whitehead et al. 1986:1128 [ref. 13677], Lavrova 1990:49 [ref. 20302], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:38 [ref. 25650], Fedorov et al. 2003:123 [ref. 27579], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2004:11 [ref. 27604]). •Synonym of Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries 1838) -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:442 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:202 [ref. 34440] see remarks). Current status: Synonym of Leptoclinus maculatus (Fries 1838). Lumpenidae. Habitat: marine.