niger, Cottus Bean [T. H.] 1881:151 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 210); ref. 223] Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Group, Bering Sea, Alaska, U.S.A. Lectotype: USNM 27971. Paralectotypes: MCZ 36021 [ex USNM 27952] (1); USNM 23929 (1), 27952 (orig. 12, now 1). Lectotype established (as figured specimen) in caption to Pl. 298, p. 3293 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cottus niger Lacepède 1801 but we recommend suppressing that name that has not been used in 100 years and its status is uncertain. •Valid as Myoxocephalus niger (Bean 1881) -- (Watanabe 1960:78 [ref. 11959], Neelov 1979:123 [ref. 3152], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:213 [ref. 15964], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:476 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S81 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:76 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:90 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:250 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:262 [ref. 33547], Kells et al. 2016:182 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:123 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:49 [ref. 38972] with question, Page et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myoxocephalus niger (Bean 1881). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: North Pacific: northern Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to southern Bering Sea, east to western Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.