bauntovi, Cottus kessleri Taliev [D. N.] 1946:744, Fig. 2 [Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, Ser. A (Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de l'URSS), Leningrad v. 52 (no. 8); ref. 13135] Baunt Lake, east of Lake Baikal, Vitim River basin, Buryatia, Russia. Syntypes: (3) ZIN 56983 (2). Type catalog: Spodareva et al. 2023:239 [ref. 40445]. Evidently type locality is in error. •Synonym of Paracottus kessleri (Dybowski 1874), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Taliev 1955:249 [ref. 4316]). •Synonym of Cottus kesslerii Dybowski 1874 -- (Sideleva 1998:151 [ref. 23595]). •Synonym of Cottus kesslerii Dybowski 1874, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:1154 [ref. 20662]). •Synonym of Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski 1874) -- (Sideleva 2001:59 [ref. 26181], Sideleva 2003:16, 151 [ref. 27815], Kottelat 2006:60 [ref. 28831], Bogdanov 2023:75 [ref. 40329]). Current status: Synonym of Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski 1874). Cottidae. Habitat: freshwater.