confusus, Cottus Bailey [R. M.] & Bond [C. E.] 1963:12, Figs. 1c, 3a, 4c [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 634; ref. 3934] Salmon River, tributary to Snake River, 25 miles northwest of Ketchum, Blaine County, Idaho, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 177377. Paratypes: UMMZ 161840 (39). Additional material at UBC, MSU, OS, UMMZ, and UW. •Valid as Cottus confusus Bailey & Bond 1963 -- (Lee et al. 1980:809 [ref. 22416], McAllister 1990:196 [ref. 14674], Page & Burr 1991:251 [ref. 18983], Scott & Crossman 1998:835 [ref. 24570], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:209 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27807], McPhail 2007:469 [ref. 31199], Scharpf 2008:9 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:480 [ref. 31215], Page et al. 2013:122 [ref. 32708], LeMone et al. 2014:249 [ref. 33134], Goto et al. 2014:[10] [ref. 33456], Young et al. 2022:337 [ref. 39356], Page et al. 2023:184 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Cottus confusus Bailey & Bond 1963. Cottidae. Distribution: North America: Columbia River drainage and Puget Sound drainage (southwestern Canada and northwestern U.S.A.). Habitat: freshwater.