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Species in the genus Malacocottus: [ 7 ] records

aleuticus, Thecopterus Smith [H. M.] 1904:163, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 17; ref. 4040] 150 miles north of Rat Island, Bering Sea, Albatross station 3785, depth 270 fathoms. Holotype (unique): lost. Footnote on p. 164 mentions the mislaying of the specimen. Mecklenburg et al. (2002:514, 519 [ref. 25968]) give nomenclatural history and updated account listing new material. •Valid as Malacocottus aleuticus (Smith 1904) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:519 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:95 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:12 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:301 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Stevenson 2015:24 [ref. 33680]). Current status: Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890. Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.

derjugini, Malacocottus Popov [A. M.] 1931:130, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Explorations des mers d'U.R.S.S., Leningrad No. 14; ref. 5702] Okhotsk Sea, 56°08'N, 144°54'E, depth 287 m; 56°09'N, 144°30'E, depth 307 meters. Syntypes: (2+ 1) ZIN 38408 [ex St. Petersburg Univ.] (1). Correct spelling of genus is Malacocottus. •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547], Stevenson 2015:24 [ref. 33680]). Current status: Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890. Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.

gibber, Malacocottus Sakamoto [K.] 1930:16, Fig. 2 [Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Institute v. 26; ref. 16327] Toyama Bay, Japan. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930 -- (Watanabe 1960:180 [ref. 11959], Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:157, 215 [ref. 8379], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:330 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:271 [ref. 15964], Shinohara et al. 1992 [ref. 19776], Nakabo 2000:651 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:651 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Shinohara et al. 2011:46 [ref. 31715] dated 1832, Shinohara et al. 2014:254 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547], Stevenson 2015:31 [ref. 33680], Kim et al. 2020:107 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:91 [ref. 37637], Dyldin et al. 2021:97 [ref. 38934], Balanov et al. 2022: 119 [109] [ref. 39284], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:55 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia). Habitat: marine.

kincaidi, Malacocottus Gilbert [C. H.] & Thompson [J. C.] 1905:979, Fig. 2 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 28 (no. 1414); ref. 1640] Brinnon, Hood's Canal, Washington, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 53028. Additional material or paratypes: CAS-SU 21406 (10). See Shinohara et al. 1992:422 [ref. 19776]. •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300]). •Valid as Malacocottus kincaidi Gilbert & Thompson 1905 -- (Watanabe 1960:183 [ref. 11959], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:175 [ref. 9277], Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:157, 215 [ref. 8379], McAllister 1990:202 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:521 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:95 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32708], Stevenson 2015:26 [ref. 33680], Pietsch & Orr 2015:50 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:208 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:123 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacocottus kincaidi Gilbert & Thompson 1905. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: North Pacific: southern British Columbia (Canada) south to Oregon (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.

microphthalmus, Malacocottus Schmidt [P. Yu.] in Popov 1933:142 [Issledovaniya Morey SSSR, Leningrad No. 19; ref. 6535] Peter the Great Bay, Russia. Holotype (unique). •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890, but a valid subspecies microphthalmus Schmidt 1933 -- (Sheiko 1983:19 [ref. 37041]). •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650]). •Synonym of Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930 -- (Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Malacocottus gibber Sakamoto 1930. Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.

tenuicaudalis, Malacocottus Watanabe [M.] 1958:427, Figs. 209-210, Pl. 46 [Studies of Japanese cottid fishes; ref. 21357] Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan, depth 70 fathoms. Syntypes: (5). Also described as new in Watanabe 1960:185, Pl. 39 (fig. 2) [ref. 11959]. Spelled tenuicaudaris in classification (p. 17), on plate caption, and on table 113 caption; tenuicaudalis on p. 427, 432, and twice in list of plates (p. 458, 460). Correct spelling of original genus is Malacocottus. •Valid as Malacottus tenuicaudalis Watanabe 1958 -- (Watanabe 1960:185 [ref. 11959], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:273 [ref. 15964]). •Status uncertain -- (Shinohara et al. 1992:422 [ref. 19776]). •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547], Stevenson 2015:24 [ref. 33680]). Current status: Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890. Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.

zonurus, Malacocottus Bean [T. H.] 1890:43 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 13 (no. 795); ref. 229] Off Trinity Island, Alaska, U.S.A., 56°00'N, 154°20'W, Albatross station 2853, depth 159 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 44643. Paratypes: USNM 363488 (6). Author says, "The type of the description and figure is 4 3/4 inches long." That is probably not sufficient to establish a holotype, but the 4 3/4-in. specimen if identifiable and is regarded as the described syntype; it would make the best lectotype [others may regard that specimen as the type]. •Valid as Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Yabe in Amaoka et al. 1983:157, 215, 289, 339 [ref. 8379], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:330 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:271 [ref. 15964], Matarese et al. 1989:442 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:204 [ref. 14674] as Malacottus, Shinohara et al. 1992:422 [ref. 19776], Kim et al. 1993:21 [ref. 22288], Shinohara et al. 1996:177 [ref. 26605], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:651 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Tokranov & Orlov 2001:482 [516] [ref. 38795], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:520 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:651 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:276, 583 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:87 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:123 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:95 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:126 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:254 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:302 [ref. 33547], Stevenson 2015:23 [ref. 33680], Tohkairin et al. 2015:8 [ref. 35331], Kells et al. 2016:208 [ref. 35888], Kim et al. 2020:107 [ref. 39118], Sonoyama et al. 2020:91 [ref. 37637], Love et al. 2021:123 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:55 [ref. 38972], Page et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to Commander Islands (Russia) and Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.), then south to Washington (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.