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Species in the genus Taurulus: [ 2 ] records

bubalis, Cottus Euphrasen [B. A.] 1786:65, Pl. 3 (figs. 2-3) [Kongliga Vetenskaps-Academiens Handlingar, Stockholm v. 7 (for 1786); ref. 17465] Bohuslän, Sweden. No types known. Also described by Euphrasen 1787:64, pl. 3, fig. 2-3 [ref. 30157]. •Valid as Enophrys bubalis (Euphrasen 1786) -- (Sandercock & Wilimovsky 1968:841 [ref. 26414]). •Valid as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen 1786) -- (Neelov 1973:600 [ref. 7219], Neelov 1979:149 [ref. 3152], Fedorov in Whitehead et al. 1986:1256 [ref. 13677], Parin et al. 2002:S86 [ref. 28300], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Parin et al. 2014:273 [ref. 33547], Carneiro et al. 2019:237 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:69 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:68 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen 1786). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; northwestern Mediterranean Sea; northeastern Atlantic: Iceland and Norway south to Gibraltar. Habitat: brackish, marine.

maculatus, Cottus Fischer [J. G.] 1885:78, Pl. 2 (fig. 8) [Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten v. 2; ref. 18084] Reported as Barbados, but that locality in error. Holotype (unique): ZMH H138 [ex ZMH 3523]. Non-types: ZMH H190 [ex 3523] (1). Type catalog: Ladiges et al. 1958:167 [ref. 19181], lkens & Dohse 1993:408 [ref. 21161] with 138 as holotype. Lectotype selected by Ladiges et al. 1958:167 [ref. 19181] but original mentions only one specimen. •Synonym of Enophrys bubalis (Euphrasen 1786) -- (Sandercock & Wilimovsky 1968:842 [ref. 26414]). •Synonym of Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen 1786) -- (Neelov 1973:600 [ref. 7219], Neelov 1979:149 [ref. 3152]). Current status: Synonym of Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen 1786). Psychrolutidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.