Cottus (fish)
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Cottus cognatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Cottus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Cottus gobio | |
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Cottus is a
Nearctic.[1]
They are small fish, mostly less than 15 cm (6 in) in length, although a few species can reach twice that size.[1]
Taxonomy
Cottus was first proposed as a genus by
Baikal sculpins, while most of the marine taxa are classified within the family Psychrolutidae
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monospecific genus Rheopresbe.[5]
Species
There are currently around 70 recognized species in this genus:[1][6]
- Subgenus Cottus Linnaeus, 1758
- Cottus aturi Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Cottus cyclophthalmus Sideleva, Kesminas & Zhidkov, 2022[7]
- Cottus duranii Freyhof, Kottelat & Norte, 2005 (Dordogne sculpin)
- Cottus dzungaricus Kottelat, 2006
- Cottus ferrugineus Heckel & Kner, 1857[6]
- (European bullhead)
- Cottus gratzianowi Sideleva, Naseka & Zhidkov, 2015[8]
- Cottus haemusi Marinov & Dikov, 1986
- Băcescu & Băcescu-Mester, 1964
- Cottus jaxartensis Berg, 1916[6]
- Cottus koshewnikowi Gratzianov, 1907[9]
- Cottus metae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Cottus microstomus Heckel, 1837
- Cottus perifretum Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte,, 2005
- Cottus petiti Băcescu & Băcescu-Mester, 1964
- Cottus rhenanus Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Cottus ricei E. W. Nelson, 1876 (Spoonhead sculpin)
- Cottus rondeleti Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Cottus sabaudicus Sideleva, 2009
- Cottus scaturigo Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Kessler, 1889 (Siberian sculpin)
- Cottus spinulosusKessler, 1872 (Turkestan sculpin)
- Cottus transsilvaniae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
- Subgenus Cephalocottus Gratzianov, 1907
- P. Y. Schmidt, 1904 (Sakhalin sculpin)
- Cottus nozawae Snyder, 1911
- Subgenus Cottopsis Girard 1850
- Cottus aleuticus C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Coast Range sculpin)
- Cottus asper J. Richardson, 1836 (Prickly sculpin)
- Cottus asperrimus Rutter, 1908 (Rough sculpin)
- Cottus gulosusGirard, 1854 (Inland riffle sculpin)
- Cottus klamathensisC. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Marbled sculpin)
- Cottus perplexusC. H. Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 (Reticulate sculpin)
- Cottus pitensisR. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Pit sculpin)
- Cottus princepsC. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Klamath Lake sculpin)
- Cottus tenuis Evermann & Meek, 1898 (Slender sculpin)
- Subgenus Uranidea DeKay, 1842
- C. R. Robins, 1961 (Black sculpin)
- Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 (Mottled sculpin)
- Cottus bendirei T. H. Bean, 1881 (Malheur sculpin)
- , 2000 (Blue Ridge sculpin)
- Cottus carolinae T. N. Gill, 1861 (Banded sculpin)
- Cottus chattahoochee Neely, J. D. Williams & Mayden, 2007 (Chattahoochee sculpin)
- Cottus cognatusJ. Richardson, 1836 (Slimy sculpin)
- Cottus echinatusR. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Utah Lake sculpin)
- Cottus extensusR. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Bear Lake sculpin)
- Cottus girardiC. R. Robins, 1961 (Potomac sculpin)
- Cottus hubbsi R. M. Bailey & Dimick, 1949 (Columbia sculpin)
- Cottus hypselurus C. R. Robins & H. W. Robison, 1985 (Ozark sculpin)
- Cottus immaculatus Kinziger & R. M. Wood, 2010 (Knobfin sculpin)[11]
- Cottus kanawhaeC. R. Robins, 2005 (Kanawha sculpin)
- Cottus paulusJ. D. Williams, 2000 (Pygmy sculpin)
- Cottus rhotheus R. Smith, 1882 (Torrent sculpin)
- Cottus tallapoosaeNeely, J. D. Williams & Mayden, 2007 (Tallapoosa sculpin)
- Subgenus Incertae sedis
- Cottus altaicus Kaschenko, 1899
- Cottus beldingii C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1891 (Paiute sculpin)
- Cottus confusus R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Shorthead sculpin)
- Cottus czerskii L. S. Berg, 1913 (Cherskii's sculpin)
- Cottus greenei C. H. Gilbert & Culver, 1898 (Shoshone sculpin)
- Cottus hangiongensis T. Mori, 1930
- Cottus kazika D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Fourspine sculpin)
- Cottus kolymensis Sideleva & A. Goto, 2012[13]
- Cottus koreanus R. Fujii, Y. Choi & Yabe, 2005
- Cottus kuznetzovi L. S. Berg, 1903
- Cottus leiopomus C. H. Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 (Wood River sculpin)
- Cottus marginatusT. H. Bean, 1881 (Margined sculpin)
- Cottus nasalisL. S. Berg, 1933 (Tubenose sculpin)
- Cottus perplexusC. H. Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 (Reticulate sculpin)
- Cottus poecilopusHeckel, 1837 (Alpine bullhead)
- Cottus pollux Günther, 1873 (Japanese fluvial sculpin)
- Cottus reinii Hilgendorf, 1879
- Cottus schitsuumsh M. Lemoine, M. K. Young, McKelvey, L. Eby, Pilgrim & M. K. Schwartz, 2014 (Cedar sculpin)[14]
- Cottus szanaga Dybowski, 1869
- Cottus volki Taranetz, 1933
Etymology
Cottus is derived from the Greek kottos, and is a latinisation that word, the original form of it being koviós or kóthos. This is likely to mean "head" and is the word for a small fish with a large head, and is now used for sculpins.[15]
References
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Cottus in FishBase. 30 April 2017 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- PMID 25014569.
- S2CID 86171840.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- S2CID 251476198.
- PMID 25947816.
- S2CID 255274919.
- S2CID 249807391.
- S2CID 85730000.
- PMID 24699612.
- ^ Sideleva, V.G. & Goto, A. (2012): A New Species of Sculpin Cottus kolymensis sp. nova (Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae) from Rivers of Kolyma. Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (5): 301-307.
- PMID 24869819.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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