Species that contain: Malacocottus and aleuticus [ 1 ] records

aleuticus, Thecopterus Smith [H. M.] 1904:163, Fig. 1 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 17; ref. 4040] 150 miles north of Rat Island, Bering Sea, Albatross station 3785, depth 270 fathoms. Holotype (unique): lost. Footnote on p. 164 mentions the mislaying of the specimen. Mecklenburg et al. (2002:514, 519 [ref. 25968]) give nomenclatural history and updated account listing new material. •Valid as Malacocottus aleuticus (Smith 1904) -- (Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:30 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:519 [ref. 25968], Parin et al. 2002:S94 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:86 [ref. 27579], Love et al. 2005:95 [ref. 37547], Maslenikov et al. 2013:12 [ref. 37947], Parin et al. 2014:301 [ref. 33547]). •Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890 -- (Stevenson 2015:24 [ref. 33680]). Current status: Synonym of Malacocottus zonurus Bean 1890. Psychrolutidae: Psychrolutinae. Habitat: marine.