cottoides, Bathygadus Günther [A.] 1878:23 [7] [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5) v. 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28); ref. 2010] Deep sea between New Zealand and Kermadec Islands, Challenger station 169-171, depth 520-700 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1887.12.7.139 (1), 1887.12.7.144-145 (2), 1887.12.7.140-143 (4, now 3); MNHN 1890-0130 (1); NMI block reg. no. 114.1899 (1, poor condition), ZIN 11738 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler & O'Riordan 1969:95 [ref. 20752], Bailly et al. 1999:223 [ref. 24244], Balushkin & Prirodina 2008:151 [ref. 33662]. On p. 7 of separate. See also Günther 1887:154, Pl. 42 (fig. A) [ref. 2013]. •Valid as Bathygadus cottoides Günther 1878 -- (Paxton et al. 1989:324 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:124 [ref. 24556], Shcherbachev et al. 1989:165 [ref. 36134], Howes & Crimmen 1990:189 [ref. 15692], Iwamoto in Cohen et al. 1990:94 [ref. 18936], Okamura in Amaoka et al. 1990:181 [ref. 16024], Gomon et al. 1994:344 [ref. 22532], Iwamoto & Merrett 1997:479 [ref. 23710], see Iwamoto & Williams 1999:116 [ref. 23875], Iwamoto 1999:1994 [ref. 24761], Merrett & Iwamoto 2000:739 [ref. 25037], Pakhorukov 2001:378 [ref. 25409], Iwamoto & Graham 2001:421 [ref. 25637], Iwamoto et al. 2004:192 [ref. 27643], Bray et al. 2006:583 [ref. 29065], Iwamoto & McMillan 2008:318 [ref. 30636], Duffy & Ahyong 2015:110 [ref. 36167], McMillan & Iwamoto 2015:829 [ref. 34263], Williams et al. 2018:99 [ref. 36359]). Current status: Valid as Bathygadus cottoides Günther 1878. Bathygadidae. Distribution: Southeastern Atlantic to southwestern Pacific, Southern Hemisphere. Habitat: marine.