Asprocottus Berg [L. S.] 1906:907 Masc. Asprocottus herzensteini Berg 1906. Type by monotypy. Smith & Wheeler 2004:643 [ref. 28583] suggest placing the Abossocottidae within the family Cottidae. •Valid as Asprocottus Berg 1906 -- (Taliev 1955:315 [ref. 4316], Sideleva 1982:29 [ref. 14469], Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:123 [ref. 11522], Sideleva 1998:155 [ref. 23595], Sideleva 2001:61 [ref. 26181], Kontula et al. 2003:149 [ref. 26791], Sideleva 2003:17, 179 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:194 [ref. 28183], Goto et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33456] in Cottidae, Bogdanov 2018:113 [ref. 37168]). Current status: Valid as Asprocottus Berg 1906. Cottidae.