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Species in the genus Alpinocottus: [ 6 ] records

kuznetzovi, Cottus Berg [L. S.] 1903:110 [Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Imperatorskoy Akademii Nauk v. 8; ref. 263] Chuya River, Lena River basin [not Lake Baikal basin], Russia. Neotype: ZIN 53969. Type catalog: Sideleva & Zhidkov 2021:237 [ref. 38705]. Unique holotype [ZIN 12476] lost; neotype selected by Sideleva & Goto 2009:607 [ref. 30591]. Neotype designation invalid, Bogdanov 2023:73 [ref. 40329]. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Berg 1949:1143 [ref. 20662], Fedorov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1248 [ref. 13677], Sideleva 1998:152 [ref. 23595], Freyhof et al. 2005:167 [ref. 28259]). •Valid as Cottus kuznetzovi berg 1903 -- (Sideleva & Goto 2009:607 [ref. 30591], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:241 [ref. 33547], Parin et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33547], Dyldin et al. 2020:114 [ref. 37569], Sideleva & Zhidkov 2021:237 [ref. 38705]). •Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837) -- (Bogdanov 2023:73 [ref. 40329]). Current status: Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). Cottidae. Distribution: Northern Asia: Lena River and its tributaries (Russia) [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

macrostomus, Cottus poecilopus var. Jeitteles [L. H.] 1862:292, Pl. 2 (fig. 2) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 12; ref. 21181] Stream near Koritnicza, Liptau, streams near Pohorella near the mountain of Köningsberg and Hámor at Kaschau, Slovakia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Kottelat 1997:170 [ref. 22952], Freyhof et al. 2005:167 [ref. 28259]). •Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). Current status: Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). Cottidae. Habitat: freshwater.

microstomus, Cottus poecilopus var. Jeitteles [L. H.] 1862:292, Pl. 2 (fig. 3) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 12; ref. 21181] Stream Steinbach in the Zips, Slovakia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cottus microstomus Heckel 1837. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Kottelat 1997:170 [ref. 22952], Freyhof et al. 2005:167 [ref. 28259]). •Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). Cottidae. Habitat: freshwater.

poecilopus, Cottus Heckel [J. J.] 1837:145, Pl. 8 (figs. 1-2) [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840); ref. 2079] Amur mountain brooks of Carpathians at Grosschagendorf near Kaesnark in Upper Hungary [now Slovakia]. Syntypes: NMW 6424 (1), 6729 (3), 78816 (2). See Kottelat 1997:170 [ref. 22952] for locality information. •Valid as Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Berg 1949:1143 [ref. 20662], Witkowski 1975:225 [ref. 42639], Sideleva 1982:81 [ref. 14469], Fedorov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1248 [ref. 13677], Lelek 1987:278 [ref. 22962], Kim & Youn 1992:60 [ref. 22287], Zhu 1995:189 [ref. 25213], Chereshnev 1996:606 [ref. 24659], Kottelat 1997:170 [ref. 22952], Kim 1997:402 [ref. 24032], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:758 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:152 [ref. 23595], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:27 [ref. 25650] as cf. poecilopus, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Chereshnev et al. 2001:119 [ref. 26736], Pietsch et al. 2001:144 [ref. 25688], Kim & Park 2002:323 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:262, 573 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S73 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:67 [ref. 27579] as cf. poecilopus, Jang et al. 2003:120 [ref. 27681], Hanel 2003:61 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:188 [ref. 28183] as cf. poecilopus, Knaack 2003:17 [ref. 28219], Fujii et al. 2005:12 [ref. 28191], Freyhof et al. 2005:167 [ref. 28259], Hanel & Lusk 2005:341 [ref. 28804], Kottelat 2006:91 [ref. 28831], Fricke 2007:26 [ref. 30577], Shedko & Miroshnichenko 2007:24 [ref. 29369], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:515 [ref. 29996], Sideleva & Goto 2009:599 [ref. 30591], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:244 [ref. 33547], Sideleva et al. 2015:430 [ref. 33770], Zhang et al. 2016:193 [ref. 34477] dated 1836, Nagy et al. 2023:358 [ref. 40348], Koval 2024:111 [ref. 42341], Fedorčák & Koščo 2025:177 [ref. 42535]). •Valid as Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837) -- (Bogdanov 2023:72 [ref. 40329], Iftime & Oţel 2025:38 [ref. 42600], Semushin et al. 2025:7 [ref. 42082]). Current status: Valid as Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837). Cottidae. Distribution: Eastern Europe and Asia: eastern Carpathians, Scandinavia to Chukotka and Sakhalin. IUCN (2024): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.

szanaga, Cottus Dybowski [B. N.] 1869:949, Pl. 14 (fig. 1) [Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 19; ref. 1169] Onon River and its tributaries, 51°42'N, 115°50'E, Amur River basin, Russia. Syntypes: ZMB 7107 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:284 [ref. 19946]. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Berg 1949:1143 [ref. 20662] as czanaga, Fedorov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1248 [ref. 13677] as czanaga). •Valid as Cottus szanaga Dybowski 1869 -- (Shedko & Shedko 2003:330 [ref. 27966], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:188 [ref. 28183], Kottelat 2006:60 [ref. 28831], Ocock et al. 2006:57 [ref. 28933], Shedko & Miroshnichenko 2007:24 [ref. 29369], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:352 [ref. 30085], Sideleva & Goto 2009:603 [ref. 30591], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:241 [ref. 33547], Parin et al. 2014:245 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:63 [ref. 35138], Dyldin et al. 2021:63 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:43 [ref. 38972]). •Synonym of Alpinocottus poecilopus (Heckel 1837) -- (Bogdanov 2023:73 [ref. 40329]). •Valid as Alpinocottus szanaga (Dybowski 1869). Current status: Valid as Alpinocottus szanaga (Dybowski 1869). Cottidae. Distribution: Northeast Asia: Amur and Lena River basins (China, Russia, Mongolia). Habitat: freshwater.

volki, Cottus minutus Taranetz [A. Ya.] 1933:84 [2] [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya A v. 2; ref. 16528] Suchan River to Takema River, western coast of the Sea of Japan, Primorye, Russia. Syntypes and/or Taranetz specimens: ZIN 25410 (1) Phusun R. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:1144 [ref. 20662], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:758 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:152 [ref. 23595], Parin et al. 2002:S73 [ref. 28300], Fujii et al. 2005:12 [ref. 28191]). •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178]). •Valid as Cottus volki Taranetz 1933 -- (Shedko & Shedko 2003:330 [ref. 27966], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:188 [ref. 28183], Shedko & Miroshnichenko 2007:24 [ref. 29369], Sideleva & Goto 2009:610 [ref. 30591], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:241, 245 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Alpinocottus volki (Taranetz 1933) -- (Bogdanov 2023:72 [ref. 40329]). Current status: Valid as Alpinocottus volki (Taranetz 1933). Cottidae. Distribution: Northeast Asia: coastal rivers of the Sea of Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.