Leptocottus Girard [C. F.] 1854:130 Masc. Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Type by monotypy. •Valid as Leptocottus Girard 1854 -- (Bolin 1944:96 [ref. 6379], Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:111 [ref. 11522], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24550], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:401 [ref. 25968], Pietsch & Orr 2015:43 [ref. 34694]). Current status: Valid as Leptocottus Girard 1854. Cottidae.