bison, Aspicottus Girard [C. F.] 1854:130 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. No types known. •Valid as Aspicottus bison Girard 1854 -- (Neelov 1979:148 [ref. 3152]). •Valid as Enophrys bison (Girard 1854) -- (Bolin 1944:91 [ref. 6379], Sandercock & Wilimovsky 1968:844 [ref. 26414], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:168 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:390 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:197 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:471 [ref. 25968], Nelson et al. 2004:119 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:86 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32708], Pietsch & Orr 2015:40 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:170 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:66 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:120 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:185 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Enophrys bison (Girard 1854). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: western Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.) south to central California (U.S.A.). Habitat: marine.