volki, Cottus minutus Taranetz [A. Ya.] 1933:84 [2] [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. A (Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS), Leningrad v. 2; ref. 16528] Suchan River to Takema River, western coast of the Sea of Japan, Primorye, Russia. Syntypes and/or Taranetz specimens: ZIN 25410 (1) Phusun R. On p. 1 of separate. •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:1144 [ref. 20662], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:758 [ref. 24702], Sideleva 1998:152 [ref. 23595], Parin et al. 2002:S73 [ref. 28300], Fujii et al. 2005:12 [ref. 28191]). •Synonym of Cottus poecilopus Heckel 1837 -- (Bogutskaya et al. 2001:46 [ref. 26178]). •Valid as Cottus volki Taranetz 1933 -- (Shedko & Shedko 2003:330 [ref. 27966], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:188 [ref. 28183], Shedko & Miroshnichenko 2007:24 [ref. 29369], Sideleva & Goto 2009:610 [ref. 30591], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Parin et al. 2014:241, 245 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Alpinocottus volki (Taranetz 1933) -- (Bogdanov 2023:72 [ref. 40329]). Current status: Valid as Alpinocottus volki (Taranetz 1933). Cottidae. Distribution: Northeast Asia: coastal rivers of the Sea of Japan. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.