maculosus, Gadus Lesueur [C. A.] 1817:83 [Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia v. 1 (pt 1, no. 5) (26 Aug.); ref. 17512] Lake Erie, North America. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831] regards the North American population as distinct from Lota lota. •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies -- (Lelek 1987:263 [ref. 22962], Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659]). •Valid as Lota maculosa Lesueur 1817 -- (Kottelat 2006:59 [ref. 28831], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:462 [ref. 29996]). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Smith 1986:262 [ref. 22186], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Baxter & Stone 1995:207 [ref. 23374], Bogutskaya 1998:110 [ref. 23589], Scott & Crossman 1998:645 [ref. 24570], Mecklenburg et al. 2002:289 [ref. 25968], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199] as = lacustris, Zhang et al. 2016:190 [ref. 34477], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Distribution: North America and eastern Siberia [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.