molva, Gadus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:254 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] European seas. No types known. Neotype designated by Fricke 1999:32 [ref. 24101], but withdrawn in Fricke 2000:639 [ref. 24537]. •Valid as Lota molva (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Herrera 1896:69 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Molva molva (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Svetovidov 1973:313 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:703 [ref. 13676], Robins & Ray 1986:94 [ref. 23100], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:64 [ref. 18936], Arruda 1997:71 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:32 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:175 [ref. 26753], Nelson et al. 2004:94 [ref. 27807], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Page et al. 2013:94 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:182 [ref. 33547], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2028 [ref. 34586], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:133 [ref. 36370], Martins & Carneiro 2018:46 [ref. 36550], Carneiro et al. 2019:146 [ref. 37250], Bañón & Maño 2021:61 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:30 [ref. 39014], Page et al. 2023:103 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Molva molva (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Distribution: Western Baltic Sea; North Sea; western Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic, and adjacent Arctic regions. Habitat: marine.