with description of three new species Author Bamber, Roger N. text Zootaxa 2004 458 1 12 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.157995 b9166728-a5d6-4559-99ea-e18ee638f2ab 1175­5326 157995 Ascorhynchus japonicus Ives, 1892 Nakamura, 1987 , 30–31; figs 27, 38. Material : 2 subadults (MNHN­Py 1009), station CP126, SE Coast of Taiwan . N/ O 'Ocean Researcher 1' TAIWAN 2001, 22º13.8'N 121º01.8'E , 1222–1226 m ; 21/08/2001 , coll. Chan. 1 male , 1 females (NHM.2004.35–36), CD227, East Coast of Taiwan , N/ O 'Fishery Researcher 1' TAIWAN 2003, 22º12.04'N 121º05.29'E to 22º08.04'N 121º05.06'E , 1232 to 1260 m ; 29/08/2003 , coll. T­Y Chan. 8 males , 1 juvenile (NHM.2004.37–45), CD226, East Coast of Taiwan , N/ O 'Fishery Researcher 1' TAIWAN 2003, 22º19.15'N 121º04.63'E to 22º13.68'N 121º06.00'E , 1171 to 1212 m ; 29/08/2003 , coll. T­Y Chan. Remarks : This species has been recorded around the north Pacific from Japan to California, and at a wide range of depths between 53 and 1923 m . The present specimens are the southernmost records for the western side of the Pacific.