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Species in the family or subfamily Cryptacanthodidae: [ 10 ] records

aleutensis, Lyconectes Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:452, Pl. 34 (bottom) [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] North of Unalaska Island, Alaska, 53°59'11"N, 166°25'09"W, *Albatross* station 3312, depth 45 fathoms. Holotype (unique): USNM 48620. Type catalog: Springer & Anderson 1997:8 [ref. 22953]. •Valid as Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert 1896 -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:254 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:521 [ref. 26885]). •Valid as Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert 1896) -- (McAllister 1990:171 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:772 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Nelson et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:148 [ref. 37547], Radchenko et al. 2011:493 [ref. 32458], Page et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32708], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Pietsch & Orr 2015:62 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:284 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:189 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert 1896). Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea south to northern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

bergi, Cryptacanthoides Lindberg [G. U.] in Soldatov & Lindberg 1930:484, Figs. 66-67 [Izvestiia Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khoziaistva i Okeanografii [Proceedings, Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, TINRO, Moskva] v. 5; ref. 4164] Peter the Great Bay, Japan Sea, Russia. Holotype (unique): missing, not at ZIN. Type catalog: Balushkin et al. 2012:157 [ref. 33667]. Possibly the same as C. aleutensis (Gilbert 1896) according to Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]. Original genus should have been spelled Cryptacanthodes. •Valid as Cryptacanthoides bergi Lindberg 1930 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:21 [ref. 7348], Amaoka in Masuda et al. 1984:303 [ref. 6441], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:13 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:1054 [ref. 25182] as Cryptacathoides, Nakabo 2002:1054 [ref. 26193] as Cryptacathoides). •Valid as Cryptacanthocephoides [sic] bergi Linberg 1930 -- (Shinohara et al. 2011:53 [ref. 31715]). •Valid as Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg 1930 -- (Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Antonenko et al. 2011:173 [ref. 32454], Radchenko et al. 2011:487 [ref. 32458], Shinohara et al. 2014:269 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:453 [ref. 33547], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:76 [ref. 35138], Choi et al. 2021:190 [ref. 38299], Dyldin & Orlov 2021:855 [ref. 38925], Dyldin et al. 2021:55 [ref. 38804]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg 1930. Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan. Habitat: brackish, marine.

borealis, Fierasfer DeKay [J. E.] 1842:316 [Zoology of New-York; ref. 1098] New York, U.S.A. No types known. As Fierasfer borealis?; based on Peck, Am. Acad. 2nd part, v. 2, p. 46, Pl. 4. Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. •Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

ezoensis, Lyconectes Hikita [T.] & Hikita [T.] 1950:140, Fig. [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 1 (no. 2); ref. 15630] Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, about 50 fathoms. Holotype: HUMZ 107950. Paratypes: HUMZ 107951 (1). •Synonym of Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg 1930 -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:21 [ref. 7348], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Parin et al. 2014:453 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:76 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg 1930. Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

giganteum, Ophidium Kittlitz [F. H.] 1858:v. 1, p. 226 [Denkwürdigkeiten einer Reise nach dem russischen Amerika, nach Mikronesien und durch Kamschatka; ref. 18421] Neu-Archangelsk [Sitka], Alaska, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz 1858) -- (Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:254 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:521 [ref. 26885]). •Valid as Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1858) -- (McAllister 1990:171 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:771 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Nelson et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:149 [ref. 37547], Radchenko et al. 2011:493 [ref. 32458], Page et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32708], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Pietsch & Orr 2015:63 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:284 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:189 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1858). Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea south to northern California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

inornatus, Cryptacanthodes Gill [T. N.] 1863:332 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15; ref. 17582] Maine, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ (lost). Appeared first as a nomen nudum in Holmes 1862:61 [ref. 26847] with genus misspelled Cryptocanthodes. See Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297] for type information. •Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

inornatus, Cryptocanthodes Gill [T. N.] in Holmes 1863:61 [Second Annual Report of Nat. Hist. Geol. State Maine; ref. 26847] Original genus should have been Cryptacanthodes. Appeared in an available way as Cryptacanthodes inornatus Gill 1863:332 [ref. 17582]. •In the synonymy of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Mecklenburg 2003:3 [ref. 27297]). Nomen Nudum. Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

maculatus, Cryptacanthodes Storer [D. H.] 1839:323 [28] [Boston Journal of Natural History v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12); ref. 4278] Outer basin of Boston Harbor, Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Holotype: MCZ 35790. Paratypes: (2) MCZ 35768 (1); other evidently lost. On p. 28 of separate. •Valid as Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:236 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:436 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:171 [ref. 14674], Collette in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:483 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:228 [ref. 27076], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Nelson et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27807], Radchenko et al. 2011:493 [ref. 32458], Page et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32708], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Page et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northwstern Atlantic: southern Labrador (Canada) to New Jersey (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

pardalis, Zoarcites Zugmayer [E.] 1914:3 [Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique (Monaco) No. 288; ref. 4848] George Island, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Hirondelle II, station 3432, depth 25 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM 97 1404. Type catalog: Belloc 1949:14 [ref. 21544]. Originally in Zoarcidae. Placement in Cryptacanthodidae as synonym of C. maculatus Storer 1839 from Nawojchik 1986 [ref. 26620] and M. Bruni, MOM, pers. comms., Feb. 2003-- see Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]. •Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.

virgatus, Delolepis Bean [T. H.] 1882:466 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 255); ref. 224] Kingcome Inlet [Kingcombe Inlet], north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, depth 18 fathoms [33 meters]. Lectotype: USNM 29149. Paralectotypes: USNM 29150 (1, Wrangel, Alaska). Type catalog: Springer & Anderson 1997:13 [ref. 22953]. Lectotype selected by Springer & Anderson 1997:13 [ref. 22953] following designation by Nawojchick 1986:53 [ref. 26620] in an unpublished thesis. •Synonym of Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1885) -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:771 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297]). Current status: Synonym of Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz 1858). Cryptacanthodidae. Habitat: marine.