Species that contain: Icelus and spiniger [ 3 ] records

cataphractus, Agonocottus Pavlenko [M. N.] 1910:23, Figs. 2-3 [Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelej Imperatorskom' Kazanskom' Universiteti, Kazan v. 42 (no. 2); ref. 3393] Near Cape Povorotnyi, Peter the Great Bay, Russia, Sea of Japan, depth 812-875 feet (= 116-125 Russian fathoms). Holotype (unique): not researched. •Synonym of Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896, but a valid supspecies -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:190 [ref. 15964]). •Valid as Icelus cataphractus (Pavlenko 1910) -- (Nelson 1984:28 [ref. 5391], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:324 [ref. 6441], Kim & Youn 1992:66 [ref. 22287], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:9 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:633 [ref. 25086], Nakabo 2002:633 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:262, 575 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S77 [ref. 28300], Shinohara et al. 2011:43 [ref. 31715], Song et al. 2012:305 [ref. 36295], Shinohara et al. 2014:250 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:254 [ref. 33547], Tohkairin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 35331], Kim et al. 2020:103 [ref. 39118], Dyldin et al. 2021:64 [ref. 38804], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:45 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Icelus cataphractus (Pavlenko 1910). Psychrolutidae: Icelinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific. Habitat: marine.

intermedius, Icelus spiniger Lindberg [G. U.] & Andriashev [A. P.] 1938:517, Figs. 1-2 [Trudy Gidrobiologicheskoi Ekspeditsii Zoologicheskogo instituta AN SSSR No. 1; ref. 19731] Okhotsk Sea, southeastern Kamchatka, Russia, 52°33.3'N, 154°54'E, depth 185-195 meters. Holotype: ZIN 24470 (185 mm). Paratypes: ZIN 24470 (1, with holotype), 27962 (2), 27969 (3). Appeared first as a nomen nudum in Andriashev 1937:301[not researched]. •Synonym of Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896 -- (Nelson 1984:24 [ref. 5391], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2002:S78 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:257 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896. Psychrolutidae: Icelinae. Habitat: marine.

spiniger, Icelus Gilbert [C. H.] 1896:412, Pl. 24 (top) [United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner v. 19 (for 1893) (art. 6); ref. 1628] Alaska, U.S.A., 54°48'30"N, 165°49'00"W, Albatross station 3225, depth 85 fathoms. Lectotype: ?USNM 164258. Paralectotypes: BMNH 1900.7.11.7 (1?); MCZ 28270 (3); MNHN 1896-0484 to 0486 [ex USNM] (3); CAS-SU 2231 (40), 2266 (2), 2269 (16); ZMUO J1463 (3, poor condition). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:130 [ref. 12291], Blanc & Hureau 1968:54 [ref. 20738], Pethon 1969:8 [ref. 19268]. Lectotype established (as figured specimen from Albatross sta. 3278) in caption to Pl. 286, p. 3290 in Jordan & Evermann 1900 [ref. 2446] if figured specimen is identifiable; a lectotype (USNM 164248, sta. 3225) was also designated by Nelson 1984:24 [ref. 5391]. •Valid as Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896 -- (Watanabe 1960:42 [ref. 11959], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:174 [ref. 9277], Nelson 1984:24 [ref. 5391], Peden & Hughes 1986:7 [ref. 9714], McAllister 1990:199 [ref. 14674], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:451 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S78 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:73 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:122 [ref. 31212] as cf. spiniger with comments, Page et al. 2013:123 [ref. 32708], Parin et al. 2014:256 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:164 [ref. 34033], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:71 [ref. 34440] see remarks, Kells et al. 2016:180 [ref. 35888], Love et al. 2021:122 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:186 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Icelus spiniger Gilbert 1896. Psychrolutidae: Icelinae. Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk north to northern Bering Sea, then south to southern British Columbia (Canada). Habitat: marine.