Species that contain: Lycodes and esmarkii [ 2 ] records

esmarkii, Lycodes Collett [R.] 1875:95 [Norges fiske; ref. 884] Varanger Fjord, northern Norway. Syntypes: BMNH 1890.11.1.1 (1) from Collett; MNHN 1890-0369 [ex ZMUO] (1); ZMUO J4496 (1), J4498 (1). Type catalog: Pethon 1969:11 [ref. 19268]. •Valid as Lycodes esmarkii Collett 1875 -- (Andriashev 1973:543 [ref. 9214] as esmarki, Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1138 [ref. 13677] as esmarki, Scott & Scott 1988:407 [ref. 25518] as esmarki, McAllister 1990:159 [ref. 14674] as esmarki, Anderson 1994:118 [ref. 21438], Saito & Okamura in Okamura et al. 1995:194 [ref. 22531], Møller 2000:847 [ref. 24585], Moore et al. 2003:228 [ref. 27076], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:24 [ref. 27603], Nelson et al. 2004:158 [ref. 27807], Møller et al. 2010:60 [ref. 31169], Balushkin et al. 2011:993 [ref. 32449], Page et al. 2013:162 [ref. 32708], Dolgov 2013:920 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:410 [ref. 33547], Afonso et al. 2016:63, 196 [ref. 36199], Dolgov et al. 2018:203 [ref. 41055], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:322 [ref. 36370], Smirnova et al. 2019:491 [ref. 36948], Simian et al. 2022:376 [ref. 40776]). Current status: Valid as Lycodes esmarkii Collett 1875. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic. Habitat: marine.

vachonii, Lycodes Vladykov [V. D.] & Tremblay [J.-L.] 1936:23, Pls. 1 (fig. 3, 4), 2 (fig. 5) [Fauna et flora laurentianae, Station Biologique du Satin-Laurent. Québec. No. 1; ref. 11811] St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada. Syntypes: (5) whereabouts unknown. •Synonym of Lycodes esmarki [sic] Collett 1875, but probably a valid subspecies -- (Andriashev in Whitehead et al. 1986:1138 [ref. 13677]). •Synonym of Lycodes esmarkii Collett 1875 -- (Scott & Scott 1988:407 [ref. 25518] as esmarki, Anderson 1994:118 [ref. 21438], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:24 [ref. 27603], Parin et al. 2014:410 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Lycodes esmarkii Collett 1875. Zoarcidae: Lycodinae. Habitat: marine.