Species that contain: Myoxocephalus and aeneus [ 2 ] records

aenaeus, Cottus Mitchill [S. L.] 1814:8 [Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill; ref. 3030] New York, U.S.A. No types known. Appeared as Cottus aeneus in Mitchill 1815:380 [ref. 13292]. •Possibly valid as Megalocottus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814) -- (Balakirev et al. 2020:11 [ref. 37873]). •Valid as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814) -- (Neelov 1979:123 [ref. 3152], Smith 1986:449 [ref. 22186], Robins & Ray 1986:282 [ref. 23100] as aeneus, Scott & Scott 1988:500 [ref. 25518], McAllister 1990:200 [ref. 14674], Klein-MacPhee in Collette & Klein-MacPhee 2002:349 [ref. 26158], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Afonso et al. 2016:46, 225 [ref. 36199], Simian et al. 2022:375 [ref. 40776]). Current status: Valid as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill 1814). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Distribution: Northwestern Atlantic. Habitat: brackish, marine.

ochotensis, Myoxocephalus niger var. Taranetz [A. Ya.] 1937:115 [Izvestiia Tikhookeanskogo Nauchno-Issledovatel'skogo Instituta Rybnogo Khoziaistva i Okeanografii [Proceedings, Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, TINRO, Moskva] v. 11; ref. 13384] Holotype: ZIN 25468. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Myoxocephalus verrucosus subspecies ochotensis Schmidt 1929. •Synonym of Myoxocephalus aeneus (Mitchill 1814) -- (Neelov 1979:123 [ref. 3152]). •Synonym of Myoxocephalus niger (Bean 1881) -- (Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:213 [ref. 15964], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2002:S81 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:262 [ref. 33547]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus niger (Bean 1881). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: marine.