armatus, Leptocottus Girard [C. F.] 1854:131 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ 36019 [ex USNM 310] (1), ?UMMZ 143015 (1, missing), USNM 310 (4). •Valid as Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 -- (Bolin 1944:97 [ref. 6379], Lee et al. 1980:825 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:175 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:446 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:199 [ref. 14674], Swift et al. 1993:132 [ref. 22379], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24550], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:467 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:361 [ref. 26449], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:215 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:325 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Pietsch & Orr 2015:43 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:180 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:67 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:117 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:184 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Cottidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.