birulai, Eumicrotremus Popov [A. M.] 1928:48 [2], Figs. 1-2 [Bulletin of the Pacific Science Fisheries Institute Vladivostock v. 1; ref. 16123] Off Cape Bellinsgauzena [eastern coast Sakhalin], Okhotsk Sea; southern of Cape Sufren [n. Primorye at 47°15’N], Tatar Strait; Amerika Bay [Nakhodka Bay], Japan Sea; Avacha Bay, southeastern Kamchatka, Pacific; Russia, 33-49 Russian fathoms [70-104 m.]. Syntypes: ?UBC [ex ZIN 13030] (1); ZIN 12906 (1), 13030 (2, now 1), 17764 (1), 21669 (2, formerly ZIN 12915), 24250 (1). On p. 2 of separate. See Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2003:7 [ref. 27295] for comments on types and misidentifications. •Valid as Eumicrotremus birulai Popov 1928 -- (Lindberg & Legeza 1955:416 [ref. 2785], Ueno 1970:83 [ref. 26199], Kido in Amaoka et al. 1983:291, 310 [ref. 8379], Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:336 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:358 [ref. 15964], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:663 [ref. 25086], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:565 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:663 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:277, 584 [ref. 26218], Shinohara et al. 2011:47 [ref. 31715] dated 1925, Shinohara et al. 2014:255 [ref. 33330] dated 1925). •Questionably a synonym of Eumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka 1912) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:31 [ref. 25650]). •Synonym of Eumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka 1912) -- (Parin et al. 2002:S106 [ref. 28300], Mecklenburg & Sheiko 2003:7 [ref. 27295], Parin et al. 2014:308 [ref. 33547], Voskoboinikova & Orlovskaya 2020:15 [ref. 38114]). Current status: Synonym of Eumicrotremus asperrimus (Tanaka 1912). Cyclopteridae: Eumicrotreminae. Habitat: marine.