simus, Careproctus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:444 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Bering Sea, north of Unalaska Island, 54°01'40"N, 166°48'50"W, Albatross station 3331, depth 350 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 51688. •Valid as Careproctus simus Gilbert 1896 -- (Kido 1985:11 [ref. 6720], Tsutsui & Amaoka 1997:89 [ref. 22729], Nakabo 2000:670 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:32 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:619 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:670 [ref. 26001], Chernova et al. 2004:16 [ref. 27592], Love et al. 2005:103 [ref. 37547], Kai et al. 2011:353 [ref. 31613], Parin et al. 2014:326 [ref. 33547], Tohkairin et al. 2015:10 [ref. 35331], Orr et al. 2019:22 [ref. 38839], Orr et al. 2020:723 [ref. 37949], Love et al. 2021:137 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:213 [ref. 39115], Murasaki et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39365]). Current status: Valid as Careproctus simus Gilbert 1896. Liparidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Okhotsk Sea and southeastern Sakahalin, northern Kuril Islands, Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea. Habitat: marine.