werestschagini, Abyssocottus Taliev [D. N.] 1935:59, Pl. 1 (fig. 3) [Trudy Baikal'skoi limnologischeskoi stantsii = Travaux de la Station limnologique du Lac Baikal v. 6; ref. 15741] Off Listvenichnoe, southern Lake Baikal, Russia, depth 877 meters. Syntypes: (5) not at ZIN. Type catalog: Spodareva et al. 2023:242 [ref. 40445] with neotype. Neotype designation [without a number] if first in Sideleva 2001:69 [ref. 26181] is invalid, not in compliance with the Code. Numbered ZIN 46662 in Sideleva 2003:200 [ref. 27815] but still invalid. •Valid as Abyssocottus werestschagini Taliev 1935 -- (Berg 1949:1158 [ref. 20662], Bogdanov 2023:69 [ref. 40329]). •Valid as Cottinella werestschagini (Taliev 1935) -- (Taliev 1955:344 [ref. 4316]). •Valid as Neocottus werestschagini (Taliev 1935) -- (Sideleva 1982:31 [ref. 14469], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:760 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:158 [ref. 23595], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:47 [ref. 26178], Sideleva 2002:275 [ref. 26019], Sideleva 2003:18, 200 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:199 [ref. 28183], Goto et al. 2014:[15] [ref. 33456], Dyldin et al. 2020:116 [ref. 37569]). Current status: Valid as Neocottus werestschagini (Taliev 1935). Cottidae. Distribution: North Asia: southern part of Lake Baikal (Russia). Habitat: freshwater.