nozawae, Cottus Snyder [J. O.] 1911:537 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 40 (no. 1836); ref. 4152] Ishikari River at Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Holotype: USNM 68237. Paratypes: CAS-SU 21425 (2); USNM 74550 (1), 74590 (2). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:128 [ref. 12291]. The name nozawae is the correct original spelling and should not be emended (not excluded by Art. 32); the spelling nozawai has not been established as prevailing usage, so the spelling nozawae is continued. •Synonym of Cottus amblystomopsis Schmidt 1904 -- (Berg 1949:1142 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Cottus pollux Günther 1873 -- (Watanabe 1960:119 [ref. 11959], Okada 1961:693 [ref. 6363], Zhang et al. 2016:193 [ref. 34477]). •Valid as Cottus nozawae Snyder 1911 -- (Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:326 [ref. 6441], Andoh & Goto 1988:176 [ref. 22495], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:662 [ref. 25598], Okumura et al. 1996 [ref. 22114], Nakabo 2000:638 [ref. 25086], Goto et al. 2001:69 [ref. 25596], Pietsch et al. 2001:144 [ref. 25688], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Yokoyama & Goto 2002:147 [ref. 26160], Nakabo 2002:638 [ref. 26001], Goto et al. 2002:322 [ref. 26495], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:187 [ref. 28183], Fujii et al. 2005:12 [ref. 28191], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:63 [ref. 35138], Dyldin et al. 2021:62 [ref. 38804] with question, Dyldin & Orlov 2022:42 [ref. 38972] with question). Current status: Valid as Cottus nozawae Snyder 1911. Cottidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Japan and Korea. Habitat: freshwater.