Species that contain: Gymnocanthus and pistilliger [ 2 ] records

pistilliger, Cottus Pallas [P. S.] 1814:143, Pl. 20 (figs. 3-4) [Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica v. 3; ref. 3351] Unalaska Island and Port Avatsch. Syntypes: ZMB 8213 (1). Type catalog: Paepke & Fricke 1992:283 [ref. 19946]. Type information: Svetovidov 1978:28 [ref. 6025]. •Valid as Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas 1814) -- (Watanabe 1960:56 [ref. 11959], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:328 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:199 [ref. 15964], Kim & Youn 1992:63 [ref. 22287], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:629 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:27 [ref. 25650] in Gymnacanthus, Mecklenburg et al. 2002:465 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:629 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:262, 575 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S75 [ref. 28300] as Gymnacanthus, Fedorov et al. 2003:69 [ref. 27579] as Gymnacanthus, Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:87 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:122 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:249 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:248 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:163 [ref. 34033], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:59 [ref. 34440], Kells et al. 2016:172 [ref. 35888], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:63 [ref. 35138], Balanov & Matveev 2018:366 [430] [ref. 36463], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:197 [ref. 36370], Kim et al. 2020:101 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:63 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:44 [ref. 38972], Love et al. 2021:121 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:185 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas 1814). Psychrolutidae. Distribution: North Pacific and adjacent Arctic: Sea of Japan (Korea, Japan, Russia) and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea, then south to southeastern Alaska (U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish, marine.

ventralis, Cottus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:194, Pl. 79 (fig. 1) [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Kamchatka, Russia. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2011.5.17.3. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:60 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas 1814) -- (Watanabe 1960:56 [ref. 11959], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:199 [ref. 15964], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:27 [ref. 25650] in Gymnacanthus, Dyldin & Orlov 2017:63 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas 1814). Psychrolutidae. Habitat: marine.