paucispinis, Sebastes Ayres [W. O.] 1854:178 [The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6); ref. 157] California, U.S.A. Ayres specimens and possible types: BMNH 1863.10.9.11-12 (2). Appeared first as above on 15 Sept. with genus misspelled as Asebastes; then in genus Sebastes by Ayres 1854:6 [ref. 18923] and Ayres 1855:94 [ref. 31481]. •Valid as Sebastes paucispinis Ayres 1854 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:145 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:322 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:189 [ref. 14674], Léon-Castro et al. 1993:324 [ref. 24939], Orr et al. 2000:10 [ref. 24942], Musick et al. 2000:15 [ref. 24959], Love et al. 2002:228 [ref. 26216], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:364 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:115 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:78 [ref. 37547], Butler et al. 2012:6 [ref. 40735], Page et al. 2013:118 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:33 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:146 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:61 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:110 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Sebastes paucispinis Ayres 1854. Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: western Gulf of Alaska south to Pacific coast of central Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.