proximus, Gadus Girard [C. F.] 1854:141 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1818] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: USNM 524 (3). •Valid as Microgadus proximus (Girard 1854) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:98 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:196 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:117 [ref. 14674], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:58 [ref. 18936], Carr et al. 1999:20 [ref. 24219], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:294 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:94 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:57 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:93 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:27 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:112 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:51 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:80 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Microgadus proximus (Girard 1854). Gadidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Bering Sea Alaska (U.S.A.) south to central California (U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish, marine.