maculatus, Cryptacanthodes Storer [D. H.] 1839:323 [28] [Boston Journal of Natural History v. 2 (nos 3-4) (art. 12); ref. 4278] Outer basin of Boston Harbor, Gulf of Maine, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Holotype: MCZ 35790. Paratypes: (2) MCZ 35768 (1); other evidently lost. On p. 28 of separate. •Valid as Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:236 [ref. 23100], Scott & Scott 1988:436 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:171 [ref. 14674], Collette in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:483 [ref. 26158], Moore et al. 2003:228 [ref. 27076], Mecklenburg 2003:2 [ref. 27297], Nelson et al. 2004:159 [ref. 27807], Radchenko et al. 2011:493 [ref. 32458], Page et al. 2013:164 [ref. 32708], Schnell & Hilton 2014:189 [ref. 35299], Page et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae. Distribution: Northwstern Atlantic: southern Labrador (Canada) to New Jersey (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.