Species that contain: Leptocottus and armatus and armatus [ 3 ] records

armatus, Leptocottus Girard [C. F.] 1854:131 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 7; ref. 1817] San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Syntypes: MCZ 36019 [ex USNM 310] (1), ?UMMZ 143015 (1, missing), USNM 310 (4). •Valid as Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 -- (Bolin 1944:97 [ref. 6379], Lee et al. 1980:825 [ref. 22416], Eschmeyer & Herald 1983:175 [ref. 9277], Matarese et al. 1989:446 [ref. 26885], McAllister 1990:199 [ref. 14674], Swift et al. 1993:132 [ref. 22379], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24550], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:467 [ref. 25968], Moyle 2002:361 [ref. 26449], Wydoski & Whitney 2003:215 [ref. 27816], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Miller 2006:325 [ref. 28615], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Goto et al. 2014:[9] [ref. 33456], Pietsch & Orr 2015:43 [ref. 34694], Kells et al. 2016:180 [ref. 35888], Burton & Lea 2019:67 [ref. 37205], Love et al. 2021:117 [ref. 39279]). Current status: Valid as Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Cottidae. Distribution: Northeastern Pacific: southeastern Bering Sea (U.S.A.) south to Pacific coast of northern Baja California (Mexico). Habitat: brackish, marine.

australis, Leptocottus armatus Hubbs [C. L.] 1921:5 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 94; ref. 19137] Lagoon at the mouth of Ventura River at Ventura, California, U.S.A. Holotype: UMMZ 55055. Paratypes: FMNH 1954 (4), 9109-10 (112, 3), 9140-41 (17, 1), 9143 (27), 9149 (3), 9163-64 (3, 1), 9166 (1); UMMZ ?80367 (7), 142922-25 (12, 2, 8, 20), 142927-28 (3, 1). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:52 [ref. 12367]. •Synonym of Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854 -- (Lee et al. 1980:825 [ref. 22416], Castro-Aguirre et al. 1999:247 [ref. 24550]). •Synonym of Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Ruiz-Campos et al. 2000:71 [ref. 24940]). Current status: Synonym of Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Cottidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.

inermis, Acanthocottus Ayres [W. O.] 1854:170 [The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6); ref. 157] San Francisco Bay, California, U.S.A. No types known. Originally as Acanthocottus (?) inermis. Appeared first as above on 1 Sept. •Synonym of Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Current status: Synonym of Leptocottus armatus Girard 1854. Cottidae. Habitat: brackish, marine.