Výskyt
Západní Tichý oceán — Suruga Trough, Japonsko.
Typová lokalita
Suruga Bay, northern part of Suruga Trough, Japan, 34.982°N, 138.632°E, depth 1,432 - 1,554 meters.
Etymologie
Druh pojmenován podle lodi Hokuto (Tokai University, Japonsko).
Původní popis
Murasaki, K., Takami, M. & Fukui, A. 2019. Paraliparis hokuto, a new snailfish (Cottoidei: Liparidae) from Suruga Bay, Japan, and a new record of the rare species Paraliparis atramentatus Gilbert and Burke 1912. Ichthyological Research v. 67 (no. 1): 167-175.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2026. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.
Scharpf, C. 2025. The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. World Wide Web.