mediterraneus, Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:255 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European Ocean. Holotype (unique): NRM 5631. Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:225 [ref. 20707]. •Valid as Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:318 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov 1986:6 [ref. 8033], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:700 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:50 [ref. 18936], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:50 [ref. 18936], Arruda 1997:70 [ref. 24952], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:51 [ref. 26753], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:175 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:65 [ref. 29533], Vasil'eva 2007:54 [ref. 30517], Fricke 2008:19 [ref. 30182], Ninua & Japoshvili 2008:168 [ref. 31251], Pais et al. 2008:462 [ref. 30211], Parin et al. 2014:181 [ref. 33547], Francisco et al. 2014:475 [ref. 35447], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2020 [ref. 34586], Barros-García et al. 2017:8 [ref. 35659], Biscoito & Saldanha 2018:310 [ref. 36066], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:145 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:94 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37519], Abliazov et al. 2021:8 [ref. 38576], Capapé & Rafrafi-Nouira 2021:84 [ref. 38871], Kovačić et al. 2021:29 [ref. 39014], Bañón et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39324], Barros-García et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39887], Niță et al. 2022:46 [ref. 40471], Ergüden et al. 2023:360 [ref. 40323], Knorrn et al. 2024:20 [ref. 41391]). Current status: Valid as Gaidropsarus mediterraneus (Linnaeus 1758). Gaidropsaridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: Norway and British Isles south to Morocco, including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: brackish, marine.