verrucosus, Cottus Bean [T. H.] 1881:152 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 210); ref. 223] Plover Bay, anchorage in Providence Bay, Chukchi Peninsula, northeastern Siberia, Russia, Bering Sea. Holotype (unique): USNM 27547. Non-types: MNHN 1896-0467 (1) station 3232. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:52 [ref. 20738]. See nomenclatural comments in Mecklenburg et al. 2007:175-176 [ref. 29448]. •Valid as Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean 1881) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2002:S83 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:78 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:121 [ref. 27807], Parin et al. 2014:266 [ref. 33547], Chernova et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39177]). •Synonym of Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:405 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg et al. 2007:175 [ref. 29448], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus 1758). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific and adjacent Arctic Ocean (if valid). Habitat: marine.