Paracottus Taliev [D. N.] in Berg 1949:1330 Masc. Cottus knerii Dybowski 1874. Type by subsequent designation. Appeared first without species as a quotation in Berg's Addenda and Corrigenda. Subsequent addition of species not researched. •Valid as Paracottus Taliev 1949 -- (Taliev 1955:234 [ref. 4316], Sideleva 1982:28 [ref. 14469], Washington et al. 1984:443 [ref. 13660], Sideleva 1998:153 [ref. 23595], Sideleva 2001:58 [ref. 26181], Kontula et al. 2003:149 [ref. 26791], Sideleva 2003:16, 168 [ref. 27815], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:192 [ref. 28183], Goto et al. 2014:3 [ref. 33456]). Current status: Valid as Paracottus Taliev 1949. Cottidae.