leptura, Lota lota Hubbs [C. L.] & Schultz [L. P.] 1941:17 [Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology University of Michigan No. 431; ref. 10913] Kotlik, near one of the mouths of the Yukon River, Norton Sound, Alaska, U.S.A. Holotype: USNM 29916. Paratypes: USNM 76847-48 (134, 69). Additional material: many lots at USNM not specifically listed as types, also UMML 126329-31 (1, 1, 5). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758), but a valid subspecies leptura Hubbs & Schultz 1941 as described -- (Chereshnev 1996:605 [ref. 24659], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:747 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:111 [ref. 23589], Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:23 [ref. 25650], Chereshnev et al. 2001:109 [ref. 26736], Fedorov et al. 2003:54 [ref. 27579], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:171 [ref. 28183]). •Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:948 [ref. 20662], Cohen in Cohen et al. 1990:53 [ref. 18936], Kottelat 1997:157 [ref. 22952], Scott & Crossman 1998:628 [ref. 24570], Sideleva 2001:55 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:14 [ref. 27815], McPhail 2007:418 [ref. 31199], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:54 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Synonym of Lota lota (Linnaeus 1758). Lotidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.