Species that contain: Anarrhichthys and ocellatus [ 2 ] records

felis, Anarrhichthys Girard [C. F.] 1858:125 [General report upon zoology of the several Pacific railroad routes, 1857; ref. 4911] San Francisco and Monterey, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: (5 + 2) USNM 511 (orig. 3, now 2) San Francisco, 692 (1, bones, lost), 693 (1, bones, lost) Type catalog: Springer & Anderson 1997:3 [ref. 22953]. Appeared first without distinguishing features as Anarrhichas felis in Girard 1854:150 [ref. 5769]. See Springer and Anderson (1997:3 [ref. 22953]) for explanation of complex nomenclatural history of Girard's (1858) A. felis and disposition of types. •Synonym of Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres 1855 -- (Barsukov 1959:107 [ref. 23136], Mecklenburg 2003:3 [ref. 27300]). Current status: Synonym of Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres 1855. Anarhichadidae. Habitat: marine.

ocellatus, Anarrhichthys Ayres [W. O.] 1855:[2] col. 5 [The Pacific [newspaper] v. 4 (nos 7-22); ref. 13428] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: (2) probably lost in 1906 fire. Appeared first as above on 2 Mar.; then in Ayres 1855:31-32 [ref. 159] with additional details. •Valid as Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres 1855 -- (Barsukov 1959:107 [ref. 23136] with genus as Anarhichthys, Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:257 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:526 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:166 [ref. 14674], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:782 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:3 [ref. 27300], Nelson et al. 2004:160 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:150 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:129 [ref. 31212], Pietsch & Orr 2015:64 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:290 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:87 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:191 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:214 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Anarrhichthys ocellatus Ayres 1855. Anarhichadidae. Distribution: Arctic (once); northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea and eastern Aleutian Islands south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: marine.