Liparis Scopoli [J. A.] (ex Artedi) 1777:453 Masc. Cyclopterus liparis Linnaeus 1766. Type by subsequent monotypy. Appeared without species; first addition of species possibly Cuvier 1816; type designated as above by Jordan & Evermann 1898:2118 [ref. 2444] if needed; also confirmed by the International Commission in Opinion 1673. Family name as Liparidae established in Opinion 1673; gender wrongly listed as feminine in that opinion, confirmed as masculine in 1993, Corrigenda, Bull. Zool. Nomencl. v. 50 (no. 4):313. •Valid as Liparis Scopoli 1777 -- (Lindberg 1973:609 [ref. 7220], Able & McAllister 1980 [ref. 6908], Kido in Masuda et al. 1984:337 [ref. 6441], Stein & Able in Whitehead et al. 1986:1277 [ref. 13677], Chernova 1987 [ref. 6341], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:375 [ref. 15964], Chernova 1988 [ref. 13480], Kido 1988:165 [ref. 12287], Pitruk 1990:39 [ref. 20303], Able 1990 [ref. 20106], Chernova 1991:12 [ref. 23263], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:571 [ref. 25968], Vogt & Chernova 2002:189 [ref. 27324], Chernova et al. 2004:20 [ref. 27592], Chernova 2008:841, 846 [ref. 30236] and as a valid subgenus Liparis, Fujii et al. 2010:506 [ref. 30881], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:127 [ref. 31212], Shinohara et al. 2011:48 [ref. 31715], Balushkin 2012:2 [ref. 31799], Parin et al. 2014:331 [ref. 33547], Pietsch & Orr 2015:53 [ref. 34694], Song et al. 2015:173 [ref. 36308], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:141 [ref. 34440], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:70 [ref. 35138], Golani & Fricke 2018:59 [ref. 36273]). Current status: Valid as Liparis Scopoli 1777. Liparidae.