cataphractus, Cottus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:264 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe. Syntypes: NRM 2808 (1), ?2809 (2). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:236 [ref. 20707], Wheeler 1985:46 [ref. 20705]. •Valid as Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Lindberg 1973:605 [ref. 7220], Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1265 [ref. 13677], Kanayama 1991:61 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993:70 [ref. 21227], Parin et al. 2002:S96 [ref. 28300], Moura & Menezes in Menezes et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27192], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:11 [ref. 27591], Fricke 2007:29 [ref. 30577], Sheiko & Fedorov 2010:43 [ref. 38118], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31212], Parin et al. 2014:284 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:244 [ref. 36370]). Current status: Valid as Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus 1758). Agonidae: Agoninae. Distribution: Baltic Sea; North Sea; northeastern Atlantic and adjacent Arctic Ocean: Iceland and White Sea to English Channel. Habitat: marine.