aenaeus, Cottus Mitchill [S. L.] 1814:8 [Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill; ref. 3030] New York, U.S.A. No types known. Appeared as Cottus aeneus in Mitchill 1815:380 [ref. 13292]. •Possibly valid as Megalocottus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814) -- (Balakirev et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37873]). •Valid as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814) -- (Neelov 1979:123 [ref. 3152], Smith 1986:449 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:282 [ref. 23100] as aeneus, Scott & Scott 1988:500 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:200 [ref. 14674], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:349 [ref. 26158], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Afonso et al. 2016:46, 225 [ref. 36199], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776], Page et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.