Zoarces Cuvier [G.] 1829:240 Masc. Blennius viviparus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Earliest subsequent designation not researched, perhaps by Jordan 1917:129. Spelled Zoarcaeus, Zoarcus, and Zoarchus by early authors. •Valid as Zoarces Cuvier 1829 -- (Andriashev 1973:540 [ref. 7214], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:131 [ref. 7348], Anderson 1984:578 [ref. 13634], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1149 [ref. 13677], Anderson 1994:25 [ref. 21438], Reshetnikov 1998:124 [ref. 23570], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:2 [ref. 27603], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:208 [ref. 28183] dating to Valenciennes 1836, Chereshev et al. 2007:555 [ref. 29371], Voskoboinikova et al. 2010:704 [ref. 31095], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Radchenko et al. 2012:650 [ref. 32480], Parin et al. 2014:429 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:74 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Valid as Zoarces Cuvier 1829. Zoarcidae: Zoarcinae.