Comephorus Lacepède [B. G. E.] 1800:312 Masc. Callionymus baikalensis Pallas 1776. Type by monotypy. Smith & Wheeler 2004:643 [ref. 28583] suggest placing the Comephoridae within the family Cottidae. •Valid as Comephorus Lacepède 1800 -- (Taliev 1955:366 [ref. 4316], Sideleva 1982:29 [ref. 14469], Washington et al. 1984:442 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:123 [ref. 11522], Sideleva 1998:154 [ref. 23595], Yabe & Sideleva 2000:306 [ref. 25698], Sideleva 2001:60 [ref. 26181], Kontula et al. 2003:144 [ref. 26791], Sideleva 2003:16, 171 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:193 [ref. 28183], Goto et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33456] but should be in Cottidae, p. 17). Current status: Valid as Comephorus Lacepède 1800. Cottidae.