vulgaris, Mustela Cloquet [H.] 1824:456 (v. 33) [Dictionnaire des sciences Naturelles; ref. 852] Atlantic and Mediterranean sea. No types known. Lectotype selected by Fricke 1999:31 [ref. 24101] as the illustration by Rajus, 1713, Pl. 2 (fig.9) [specimen not in existence]. Nomen protectum according to Parenti 2019:106 [ref. 37117]. •Valid as Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet 1824) -- (Svetovidov 1973:319 [ref. 7169], Svetovidov 1986:12 [ref. 8033], Svetovidov in Whitehead et al. 1986:701 [ref. 13676], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:51 [ref. 18936], Arruda 1997:71 [ref. 24952], Fricke 1999:31 [ref. 24101], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:52 [ref. 26753], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:65 [ref. 29533], Pais et al. 2008:462 [ref. 30211], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:30 [ref. 36649], Francisco et al. 2014:475 [ref. 35447], Iwamoto & Cohen 2016:2022 [ref. 34586], Barros-García et al. 2017:9 [ref. 35659], Biscoito & Saldanha 2018:310 [ref. 36066], Martins & Carneiro 2018:48 [ref. 36550], Artüz & Fricke 2019:554 [ref. 36612], Carneiro et al. 2019:145 [ref. 37250], Kovačić et al. 2020:18 [ref. 37519], Kovačić et al. 2021:29 [ref. 39014], Bañón et al. 2022:7 [ref. 39324], Barros-García et al. 2022:8 [ref. 39887]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet 1824). Gaidropsaridae. Distribution: Western Baltic Sea; North Sea; Mediterranean Sea; Sea of Marmara; northeastern Atlantic: Norway and Iceland south to Gibraltar, including Madeira. Habitat: marine.