Agonus Bloch [M. E.] & Schneider [J. G.] 1801:(xxx) 104 Masc. Cottus cataphractus Linnaeus 1758. Type by subsequent designation. Four included species, subsequent designation apparently by Tilesius in Pallas 1814:109 [ref. 3351]; also in Gill 1861:167 [ref. 1775]; see Opinion 1855 for conservation of the name Agonus. •Valid as Agonus Bloch & Schneider 1801 -- (Lindberg 1973:605 [ref. 7220], Washington et al. 1984:442 [ref. 13660], Yabe 1985:123 [ref. 11522], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1265 [ref. 13677], Kanayama 1991:60 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993:69 [ref. 21227], Sheiko 1995:57 [ref. 26672], Parin et al. 2002:S95 [ref. 28300], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:10 [ref. 27591], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:284 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Agonus Bloch & Schneider 1801. Agonidae: Agoninae.