cottoides, Perca Linnaeus [C.] 1758:291 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] No locality [= East Indies]. No types known. Author often seen as Cuvier 1829. •Valid as Cottapistus cottoides (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:50 [ref. 25477] with Cuvier as author, Paxton et al. 1989:440 [ref. 12442], Allen 1997:78 [ref. 23977], Poss 1999:2312 [ref. 24796], Poss in Randall & Lim 2000:605 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:27 [ref. 25847], Allen et al. 2006:898 [ref. 29078], Larson et al. 2013:83 [ref. 32988] with author and date as Cuvier 1829, Kwik & Lim 2020:17 [ref. 38869], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:123 [ref. 41223]). Current status: Valid as Cottapistus cottoides (Linnaeus 1758). Synanceiidae: Tetraroginae. Distribution: Eastern Indian Ocean, wstern Pacific: Indonesia south to Arafura Sea and northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.