schmidti, Cottiusculus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:299, Fig. 30 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 27 (no. 1358); ref. 2528] Off Kinkazwan [Kinkazan] Island, Matsushima Bay, Japan, depth 79 fathoms. Holotype: USNM 50923. Paratypes: CAS-SU 7714 (4), 7588 (5). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:128 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Cottiusculus schmidti Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Watanabe 1960:168 [ref. 11959], Neelov 1979:162 [ref. 3152], Sheiko 1983:18 [ref. 37041], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:239 [ref. 15964], Kim & Youn 1992:72 [ref. 22287], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:643 [ref. 25086], Choi et al. 2003:262, 574 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S72 [ref. 28300], Kai & Nakabo 2009:220 [ref. 30299], Prokofiev 2020:13 [ref. 37765], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:41 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Cottiusculus schmidti Jordan & Starks 1904. Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Pacific coast of Japan to Peter the Great Bay (Russia). Habitat: marine.