sturioides, Paragonus Guichenot [A.] 1869:202, Pl. 12 (fig. 3) [Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris v. 5 (fasc. 3); ref. 1952] China. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-2109. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:57 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Podothecus gilberti (Collett 1895) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:332 [ref. 15964]). •Valid as Podothecus sturioides (Guichenot 1869) -- (Kanayama 1991:53 [ref. 19261], Sheiko 1993 [ref. 21225], Sheiko 1993:80 [ref. 21227], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:655 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Nakabo 2002:655 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:273, 582 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S101 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:90 [ref. 27579], Sheiko & Mecklenburg 2004:13 [ref. 27591], Parin et al. 2014:295 [ref. 33547], Dyldin et al. 2021:70 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:57 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Podothecus sturioides (Guichenot 1869). Agonidae: Agoninae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: southeastern Kamchatka to northern Japan Sea and Pacific coast of northern Japan. Habitat: marine.