Species that contain: Myoxocephalus and jaok [ 6 ] records

edomius, Myoxocephalus Jordan [D. S.] & Starks [E. C.] 1904:274, Fig. 18 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 27 (no. 1358); ref. 2528] Aino village of Edomo, near Mororan, Japan. Holotype: CAS-SU 7707. Paratypes: USNM 50919 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:131 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Myoxocephalus edomius Jordan & Starks 1904 -- (Watanabe 1960:68 [ref. 11959]). •Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Neelov 1979:122 [ref. 3152], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:212 [ref. 15964], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Parin et al. 2002:S81 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: marine.

humilis, Cottus Bean [T. H.] 1881:149 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 4 (no. 210); ref. 223] Chamisso Island, Spafarief Bay at mouth of Eschscholtz Bay, Kotzebue Sound, Alaska, U.S.A., Chukchi Sea, Arctic Ocean. Holotype (unique): USNM 27972. Non-types: MNHN 1890-0465 and 0466 [ex USNM] (2) station 3242. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:51 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2016:75 [ref. 34440]). •Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Neelov 1979:122 [ref. 3152], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:481 [ref. 25968], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: marine.

jaok, Cottus Cuvier [G.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829:172 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 4; ref. 998] Kamchatka coast, Russia. Holotype (unique): ZMB 31656. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:60 [ref. 20738], Paepke & Fricke 1992:284 [ref. 19946]. •Valid as Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Watanabe 1960:75 [ref. 11959], Neelov 1979:122 [ref. 3152], Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1987:212 [ref. 15964], Kim & Youn 1992:64 [ref. 22287], Sokolovsky & Sokolovskaya 1997:55 [ref. 24691], Sokolovskaya et al. 1998:10 [ref. 24670], Nakabo 2000:645 [ref. 25086], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:28 [ref. 25650], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:481 [ref. 25968], Nakabo 2002:645 [ref. 26001], Choi et al. 2003:262, 576 [ref. 26218], Parin et al. 2002:S81 [ref. 28300], Fedorov et al. 2003:75 [ref. 27579], Nelson et al. 2004:120 [ref. 27807], Love et al. 2005:89 [ref. 37547], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:190 [ref. 28183], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:123 [ref. 31212], Page et al. 2013:124 [ref. 32708], Shinohara et al. 2014:250 [ref. 33330], Parin et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33547], Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:164 [ref. 34033], Tohkairin et al. 2015:7 [ref. 35331], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:76 [ref. 34440], Kells et al. 2016:182 [ref. 35888], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:213 [ref. 36370], Dyldin et al. 2021:66 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:123 [ref. 39279], Dyldin & Orlov 2022:48 [ref. 38972]). Current status: Valid as Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Distribution: North Pacific and adjacent Arctic: northern Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk north to Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea, east to eastern Gulf of Alaska (U.S.A.). Habitat: brackish, marine.

matsubarai, Myoxocephalus Watanabe [M.] 1958:289, Figs. 117-118, Pl. 20 [Studies of Japanese cottid fishes; ref. 21357] Funka Bay, Hokkaidô, Japan, depth 35 fathoms. Holotype (unique): not researched. Spelled matsubari on plate caption. Also described as new in Watanabe 1960:80, Pl. 26 (fig. 2) [ref. 11959]. •Valid as Myoxocephalus matsubarai Watanabe 1958 -- (Yabe in Masuda et al. 1984:327 [ref. 6441]). •Synonym of Myxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Nakabo 2002:1526 [ref. 26001], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Distribution: Western North Pacific. Habitat: marine.

mertensii, Cottus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1832:496 [Histoire naturelle des poissons; ref. 1000] Petropaulski, Kamchatka. Type catalog: Blanc & Hureau 1968:61 [ref. 20738]. •Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Neelov 1979:122 [ref. 3152], Parin et al. 2002:S81 [ref. 28300], Parin et al. 2014:261 [ref. 33547], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: marine.

spinosus, Porocottus Watanabe [M.] 1958:311, Figs. 132-133, Pl. 24 [Studies of Japanese cottid fishes; ref. 21357] Kurshiro, Hokaidô, Japan, depth 35 fathoms. Syntypes: (3). Also described as new in Watanabe 1960:98, Pl. 3 (fig. 2) [ref. 11959]. •Valid as Porocottus spinosus Watanabe 1958 -- (Watanabe 1960:98 [ref. 11959]). •Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829) -- (Nakabo 2002:1526 [ref. 26001], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:65 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier 1829). Psychrolutidae: Myoxocephalinae. Habitat: marine.