Zesticelus Jordan [D. S.] & Evermann [B. W.] 1896:443 Masc. Acanthocottus profundorum Gilbert 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Zesticelus Jordan & Evermann 1896 -- (Bolin 1944:94 [ref. 6379], Neelov 1979:116, 160 [ref. 3152], Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:111 [ref. 11522], Yabe & Okamura 1993:370 [ref. 22281], Yabe 1995:17 [ref. 22666], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:402 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S89 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Zesticelus Jordan & Evermann 1896. Psychrolutidae.