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Cottus (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Scientific name
  
Cottus

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cottidae

Higher classification
  
Cottidae

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Lower classifications
  
European bullhead, Alpine bullhead, Mottled sculpin, Slimy sculpin, Japanese fluvial sculpin

Cottus is a genus of the sculpin family Cottidae. They are often referred to as the "freshwater sculpins", as they are the principal genus of sculpins to be found in fresh water. They are native to the Palearctic and Nearctic.

They are mostly small fish, rarely reaching more than 15 cm in length.

Species

There are currently 68 recognized species in this genus:

  • Cottus aleuticus C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Coast Range sculpin)
  • Cottus altaicus Kaschenko, 1899
  • Cottus amblystomopsis P. Y. Schmidt, 1904 (Sakhalin sculpin)
  • Cottus asper J. Richardson, 1836 (Prickly sculpin)
  • Cottus asperrimus Rutter, 1908 (Rough sculpin)
  • Cottus aturi Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus baileyi C. R. Robins, 1961 (Black sculpin)
  • Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 (Mottled sculpin)
  • Cottus beldingii C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1891 (Paiute sculpin)
  • Cottus bendirei T. H. Bean, 1881 (Malheur sculpin)
  • Cottus caeruleomentum Kinziger, Raesly & Neely, 2000 (Blue Ridge sculpin)
  • Cottus carolinae T. N. Gill, 1861 (Banded sculpin)
  • Cottus chattahoochee Neely, J. D. Williams & Mayden, 2007 (Chattahoochee sculpin)
  • Cottus cognatus J. Richardson, 1836 (Slimy sculpin)
  • Cottus confusus R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Shorthead sculpin)
  • Cottus czerskii L. S. Berg, 1913 (Cherskii's sculpin)
  • Cottus duranii Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus dzungaricus Kottelat, 2006
  • Cottus echinatus R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Utah Lake sculpin)
  • Cottus extensus R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Bear Lake sculpin)
  • Cottus girardi C. R. Robins, 1961 (Potomac sculpin)
  • Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758 (Bullhead)
  • Cottus gratzianowi Sideleva, Naseka & Zhidkov, 2015
  • Cottus greenei C. H. Gilbert & Culver, 1898 (Shoshone sculpin)
  • Cottus gulosus Girard, 1854 (Riffle sculpin)
  • Cottus haemusi Marinov & Dikov, 1986
  • Cottus hangiongensis T. Mori, 1930
  • Cottus hispaniolensis Băcescu & Băcescu-Mester, 1964
  • 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)
  • Cottus kanawhae C. R. Robins, 2005
  • Cottus kazika D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Fourspine sculpin)
  • Cottus klamathensis C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Marbled sculpin)
  • Cottus kolymensis Sideleva & A. Goto, 2012
  • Cottus koreanus R. Fujii, Y. Choi & Yabe, 2005
  • Cottus koshewnikowi Gratzianov, 1907
  • Cottus kuznetzovi L. S. Berg, 1903
  • Cottus leiopomus C. H. Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 (Wood River sculpin)
  • Cottus marginatus T. H. Bean, 1881 (Margined sculpin)
  • Cottus metae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus microstomus Heckel, 1837
  • Cottus nasalis L. S. Berg, 1933
  • Cottus nozawae Snyder, 1911
  • Cottus paulus J. D. Williams, 2000 (Pygmy sculpin)
  • Cottus perifretum Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus perplexus C. H. Gilbert & Evermann, 1894 (Reticulate sculpin)
  • Cottus petiti Băcescu & Băcescu-Mester, 1964
  • Cottus pitensis R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963 (Pit sculpin)
  • Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837 (Alpine bullhead)
  • Cottus pollux Günther, 1873 (Japanese fluvial sculpin)
  • Cottus princeps C. H. Gilbert, 1898 (Klamath Lake sculpin)
  • Cottus reinii Hilgendorf, 1879
  • Cottus rhenanus Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus rhotheus R. Smith, 1882 (Torrent sculpin)
  • Cottus ricei E. W. Nelson, 1876 (Spoonhead sculpin)
  • Cottus rondeleti Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus sabaudicus Sideleva, 2009
  • Cottus scaturigo Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus schitsuumsh M. Lemoine, M. K. Young, McKelvey, L. Eby, Pilgrim & M. K. Schwartz, 2014 (Cedar sculpin)
  • Cottus sibiricus Kessler, 1889 (Siberian sculpin)
  • Cottus specus G. L. Adams & Burr, 2013 (Grotto sculpin)
  • Cottus spinulosus Kessler, 1872 (Turkestan sculpin)
  • Cottus szanaga Dybowski, 1869
  • Cottus tallapoosae Neely, J. D. Williams & Mayden, 2007 (Tallapoosa sculpin)
  • Cottus tenuis Evermann & Meek, 1898 (Slender sculpin)
  • Cottus transsilvaniae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  • Cottus volki Taranetz, 1933

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