sellaris, Acanthocottus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:419 [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S.A., depth 5-17 fathoms. Syntypes: BMNH 1900.7.11.4-5 (2); MCZ 28321 (4), 28351 (2), 28366 (?); MNHN 1896-0461 [ex USNM] (6); CAS-SU 2846-47 (24, 35); USNM 48575 (3, now 4); ZMUO J1401-02 (1, 3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:126 [ref. 12291], Blanc & Hureau 1968:48 [ref. 20738], Pethon 1969:7 [ref. 19268]. •Valid as Microcottus sellaris (Gilbert 1896) -- (Neelov 1979:134 [ref. 3152], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:218 [ref. 15964], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:644 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:483 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:644 [ref. 26001], Parin et al. 2002:S80 [ref. 28300], Yabe & Pietsch 2003:276 [ref. 27215], Fedorov et al. 2003:74 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:259 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:74 [ref. 34440], Kells et al. 2016:182 [ref. 35888], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:211 [ref. 36370], Dyldin et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:123 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:48 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Microcottus sellaris (Gilbert 1896). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Distribution: North Pacific and adjacent Arctic: northern Sea of Japan and sea of Okhotsk north to western Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea. Habitat: brackish, marine.