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Species in the genus Zesticelus: [ 4 ] records

bathybius, Cottus Günther [A.] 1878:180 [13] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Off Misaki, Japanese Seas, Challenger station 235, depth 565 fathoms. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1879.5.14.201. On p. 13 of separate. See also Günther 1887:62, Pl. 10 (fig. C) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Zesticelus bathybius (Günther 1878) -- (Neelov 1979:161 [ref. 3152], Yabe & Okamura 1993:369 [ref. 22281], Yabe 1995:19 [ref. 22666], Nakabo 2000:640 [ref. 25086], Shinohara et al. 2001:319 [ref. 25995], Nakabo 2002:640 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S89 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Valid as Zesticelus bathybius (Günther 1878). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific: Bering Sea to Japan. Habitat: marine.

japonicus, Zesticelus Oshima [M.] 1957:2, Fig. 1 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 6 (nos 1-2); ref. 12161] Offshore of Niigata, Japan. Holotype (unique): Japan Sea Reg. Fish. Lab. Niigata No. 1335 (lost). •Valid as Zesticelus japonicus Oshima 1957 -- (Neelov 1979:161 [ref. 3152], Yabe 1995:19 [ref. 22666]). •Mention as Zeticelus japonicus Oshima 1957 -- (Yabe & Okamura 1993:370 [ref. 22281]). •Status uncertain -- (Nakabo 2002:1526 [ref. 26001]). Current status: Uncertain as Zesticelus japonicus Oshima 1957. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

ochotensis, Zesticelus Yabe [M.] 1995:17, Figs. 1-3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 42 (no. 1); ref. 22666] Southwestern Okhotsk Sea off Cape Shiretoko, Japan, 44°27.2'N, 145°06.9'E, depth 1450 meters. Holotype: HUMZ 126133. Paratypes: HUMZ 121626 (1); NSMT-P 46437 (1). •Valid as Zesticelus ochotensis Yabe 1995 -- (Shinohara et al. 1996:176 [ref. 26605], Nakabo 2000:640 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:29 [ref. 25650], Nakabo 2002:640 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S90 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:53 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Zesticelus ochotensis Yabe 1995. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

profundorum, Acanthocottus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:423, Pl. 27 (upper) [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Bering Sea, north of Unalaska Island, Albatross station 3329, depth 399 fathoms. Syntypes (incl. potential lectotype): USNM 48589 (1), 53030 (1). Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 300, p. 3293 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable. •Valid as Zesticelus profundorum (Gilbert 1896) -- (Bolin 1944:95 [ref. 6379], Neelov 1979:161 [ref. 3152], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:184 [ref. 9277], Yabe & Okamura 1993:370 [ref. 22281], Yabe 1995:19 [ref. 22666], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:29 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:487 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S90 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:83 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:93 [ref. 37547], Parin et al. 2014:279 [ref. 33547], Burton & Lea 2019:68 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:127 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:187 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Zesticelus profundorum (Gilbert 1896). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: North Pacific: northern Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk north to southeastern Bering Sea, east to Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.