esipovi, Gymnelus Chernova [N. V.] 1999:306, Figs. 1-2 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 39 (no. 3); ref. 24868] Kara Sea, 78°53'N, 80°34'E, depth 40 meters. Holotype: ZIN 30558. Paratypes: ZIN 14139 (3), 29453 (2), 32073 (1), 51568 (1), 51569 (1). Plus non-type material. Type datalog: Balushkin et al 2011:963 [ref. 32499], Balushkin et al. 2012:159 [ref. 33667]. Anderson in Anderson & Fedorov 2004:5 [ref. 27603] believes this is probably a synonym of G. retrodorsalis. •Synonym of Gymnelus retrodorsalis Le Danois 1913 with que`stion -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2011:124, 128 [ref. 31212], Mecklenburg & Anderson 2015:284 [ref. 33742]), •Valid as Gymnelus esipovi Chernova 1999 -- (Chernova 2000:8 [ref. 24885], Anderson & Fedorov 2004:5 [ref. 27603], Balushkin et al. 2011:963 [ref. 32499], Dolgov 2013:919 [ref. 33112], Parin et al. 2014:391 [ref. 33547], Chernova & Møller 2021:42 [ref. 38190]). Current status: Valid as Gymnelus esipovi Chernova 1999. Zoarcidae: Gymnelinae. Distribution: Arctic Ocean: northern Kara Sea, Barents Sea, and off Spitsbergen. Habitat: marine.