beldingii, Cottus Eigenmann [C. H.] & Eigenmann [R. S.] 1891:1132 [American Naturalist v. 25 (no. 300); ref. 11063] Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: BMNH 1890.11.15.94-97 (4), 1890.11.15.98-101 (4); not CAS 504, 505, and 702; UMMZ 92669 (2). CAS type specimens would have been lost in the fire of 1906. •Valid as Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1891 [often incorrectly as beldingi] -- (Bailey & Bond 1963:1 [ref. 3934] as beldingi, Lee et al. 1980:806 [ref. 22416], Page & Burr 1991:251 [ref. 18983], La Rivers 1994:588 [ref. 23389], Baxter & Stone 1995:222 [ref. 23374], Sigler & Sigler 1996:232 [ref. 25943] as beldingi, Moyle 2002:357 [ref. 26449] as beldingi, Wydoski & Whitney 2003:206 [ref. 27816] as beldingi, Nelson et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27807], Scharpf 2008:8 [ref. 30399], Page & Burr 2011:479 [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. 2022:330 [ref. 39356]). Current status: Valid as Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann 1891. Cottidae. Distribution: North America: western U.S.A. Habitat: freshwater.