cuculus, Trigla Linnaeus [C.] 1758:301 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Mediterranean Sea. Possible types: NRM 27 (1). Type catalog: Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:233-234 [ref. 20707]. Neotype as BMNH 1963.5.14.696 designated by Richards 1968:92 is invalid if NRM LP 27 is a type. •Valid as Trigla cuculus Linnaeus 1758 -- (Herrera 1896:64 [ref. 39336]). •Valid as Aspitrigla cuculus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Blanc & Hureau 1973:587 [ref. 7218], Hureau in Whitehead et al. 1986:1232 [ref. 13677], Santos et al. 1997:78 [ref. 23531], Arruda 1997:117 [ref. 24952], Caputo & Sorice 1999:81 [ref. 25260], Golani 2005:33 [ref. 37112], Vasil'eva 2007:81 [ref. 30517], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:39 [ref. 36649], Golani 2021:37 [ref. 38303]). •Valid as Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Richards 1968:90 [ref. 7911], Richards & Saksena 1990:680 [ref. 17757], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:71 [ref. 26753], Parin et al. 2002:S65 [ref. 28300], Fricke et al. 2007:77 [ref. 29533], Fricke 2008:25 [ref. 30182], Parin et al. 2014:225 [ref. 33547], Richards 2016:2303 [ref. 35044], Martins & Carneiro 2018:111 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:555 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:234 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:96 [ref. 36864], Bariche & Fricke 2020:108 [ref. 37515], Kovačić et al. 2020:44 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:69 [ref. 38883], Kovačić et al. 2021:83 [ref. 39014]). Current status: Valid as Chelidonichthys cuculus (Linnaeus 1758). Triglidae: Triglinae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; Black Sea; eastern Atlantic: British Isles south to Mauritania, including Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. Habitat: brackish, marine.