inermis, Cottus Yakovlev [V. E.] 1890:52 [4] [Izvestiia Vostochno-Sibirskogo otdiela Imperatorskago geograficheskago obshchestva. v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 19625] Irkut River, tributary of Angara River, Lake Baikal, Russia (Angara River near Irkutsk). ZIN 6350. On p. 4 of separate. Sideleva 2001:58 [ref. 26181] names a neotype [ZIN 6350], but if that is the first time a neotype was named it is unavailable under the Code. Neotype designated by Sideleva 2003:166 [ref. 27815]. •Synonym of Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Dybowski 1874) -- (Berg 1949:1171 [ref. 20662]). •Valid as Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev 1890) -- (Taliev 1955:292 [ref. 4316], Sideleva 1982:29 [ref. 14469], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:758 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:150 [ref. 23595], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178], Sideleva 2001:58 [ref. 26181], Kontula et al. 2003:149 [ref. 26791], Sideleva 2003:16, 166 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:192 [ref. 28183], Goto et al. 2014:[15] [ref. 33456], Bogdanov 2019:230 [ref. 36814], Dyldin et al. 2020:115 [ref. 37569], Bogdanov 2023:74 [ref. 40329]). Current status: Valid as Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev 1890). Cottidae. Distribution: North Asia: Lake Baikal and Angara River (Russia). Habitat: freshwater.