pacificus, Salmo (Mallotus?) Richardson [J.] (ex Gairdner) 1836:226 [Fauna Boreali-Americana Part 3; ref. 3731] Columbia River, no higher than Katpootl, northwestern U.S.A. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. •Valid as Osmerus pacificus (Richardson 1836) -- (Herrera 1896:30 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson 1836) -- (McAllister 1963:23 [ref. 8075], Lee et al. 1980:126 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:82 [ref. 9277], McAllister 1990:78 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:57 [ref. 18983], Scott & Crossman 1998:320 [ref. 24570], Musick et al. 2000:11 [ref. 24959], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:175 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:239 [ref. 26449], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:106 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:85 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:33 [ref. 37547], Scharpf 2006:23 [ref. 30386], McPhail 2007:225 [ref. 31199], Page & Burr 2011:380 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:86 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:21 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:96 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:40 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:52 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Thaleichthys pacificus (Richardson 1836). Osmeridae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (U.S.A.) south to southern California (U.S.A.), Habitat: freshwater, brackish, marine.