catervarius, Salmo Pennant [T.] 1784:cxxvii [Arctic zoology; ref. 18530] Kamchatka, Russia. No types known. •Synonym of Mallotus villosus (Müller 1776) -- (McAllister 1963:38 [ref. 8075], Scott & Scott 1988:150 [ref. 25518], Mecklenburg et al. 2011:119 [ref. 31212] with extensive comments, Dyldin & Orlov 2016:674 [ref. 34853]). •Synonym of Mallotus villosus (Müller 1776), but a valid subspecies catervarius -- (Chereshnev 1996:602 [ref. 24659], Dorofeeva 1998:51 [ref. 23573], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:19 [ref. 25650], Chereshnev et al. 2001:54 [ref. 26736], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:171 [ref. 25968], Fedorov et al. 2003:31 [ref. 27579], Parin et al. 2014:115 [ref. 33547]). •Valid as Mallotus catervarius (Pennant 1784) -- (Mecklenburg & Steinke 2015:163 [ref. 34033], Mecklenburg et al. 2016:29 [ref. 34440], Mecklenburg et al. 2018:75 [ref. 36370] see remarks, Dyldin et al. 2021:31 [ref. 38804], Love et al. 2021:52 [ref. 39279], Page et al. 2023:84 [ref. 40505]). Current status: Valid as Mallotus catervarius (Pennant 1784). Osmeridae. Distribution: North Pacific and adjacent Arctic; also western Atlantic and Arctic. Habitat: marine.