laticeps, Acanthocottus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:422, Pls. 26-27 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Nushagak River [lectotype] and Herendeen Bay, Alaska, U.S.A. Lectotype. Paralectotypes (incl. potential lectotype): BMNH 1896.4.23.48 (1), MCZ 28218 (1), CAS-SU 3016 (4), USNM 48651 (1), ZMUO J1399 (1) station 3232. Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:126 [ref. 12291], Pethon 1969:7 [ref. 19268]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 299, p. 3293 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable •Synonym of Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas 1814) -- (Neelov 1979:130 [ref. 3152], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:475 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S79 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:258 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:73 [ref. 34440]). Current status: Synonym of Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas 1814). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: brackish, marine.