Phoca fasciata Zimmermann, 1783 . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3:277.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Wohnt um die Kurdischen Inseln" [Russia, Kurile Isis] .

DISTRIBUTION: Okhotsk, W Bering, Chukchiand Japan Seas.

SYNONYMS: equestris Pallas, 1831 .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Burns and Fay (1970). Placed in Histriophoca Gill, 1873 by Scheffer (1958) and Muizon (1982a)