4169 Pallasina barbata (Steindachner, 1876) Agonidae Poachers Brachyopsinae Perciformes/Cottoidei Teleostei Tubenose poacher North Pacific: Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and to Bodega Bay, central California, USA. Past works (e.g. Hart 1973, Ref. 6885) recognized two subspecies, <i>Pallasina barbata barbata</i> occurring in the Bering Sea and along the Asian coast through the Sea of Okhotsk to Japan and <i>Pallasina barbata aix</i> occurring from the Gulf of Alaska to California, USA, as well as Kamchatka and Japan. Sheiko 1993 on the other hand recognizes both <i>Pallasina barbata</i> and <i>Pallasina aix</i> as valid species (Ref. 26282). UBC 650800 51 N 179 W Pallasina barbata aix UBC 530001 48 N 122 W Pallasina barbata UBC 590484 57 N 153 W Pallasina barbata UBC 810024 48 N 122 W Pallasina barbata UBC 550212 54 N 124 W Pallasina barbata aix UBC 550361 48 N 120 W Pallasina barbata UBC 550374 48 N 123 W Pallasina barbata aix AMNH 58936 Pallasina barbata AMNH 3139 1909 Pallasina barbata not stated 49 N 120 W 1947 Pallasina barbata aix not stated 50 N 126 W 1948 Pallasina barbata aix 55 - 55 m not stated 49 N 126 W 1957 Pallasina barbata aix