Cottidae
| Cottidae | |
|---|---|
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Cottus cognatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
| Family: | Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831 |
| Genera | |
70 | |
The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.[1] They are referred to simply as cottids to avoid confusion with sculpins of other families.[1]
Cottids are distributed worldwide, especially in boreal and colder temperate climates.[1] The center of diversity is the northern Pacific Ocean.[1] Species occupy many types of aquatic habitats, including marine and fresh waters, and deep and shallow zones. A large number occur in near-shore marine habitat types, such as kelp forests and shallow reefs. They can be found in estuaries and in bodies of fresh water.[1]
Most cottids are small fish, under 10 cm (3.9 in) in length.[2] The species Scorpaenichthys marmoratus can be up to 78 cm (31 in) in length.[3] They vary in coloration and patterning between species and between individuals of some species, and sometimes between sexes.[1] Their eyes are large and placed high on the head. Adults lack swim bladders.[3]
Contents
1 Genera
2 Timeline
3 See also
4 References
Genera
Artedius corallinus
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
Jordania zonope
Myoxocephalus scorpius
Melletes papilio
The genera of the family include:[4]
- Alcichthys
Andriashevicottus - Andriyashev largeheaded sculpins- Antipodocottus
- Archistes
- Argyrocottus
Artediellichthys - blackfin hookear sculpins- Artediellina
- Artedielloides
Artediellus - hookear sculpins- Artedius
Ascelichthys - rosylip sculpins- Astrocottus
- Atopocottus
- Bero
- Bolinia
Chitonotus - roughback sculpins
Clinocottus - sharpnose sculpins- Cottiusculus
Cottus - freshwater sculpins, miller's thumbs- Daruma
Enophrys - stone sculpins- Furcina
- Gymnocanthus
Hemilepidotus - Irish lords- Icelinus
Icelus - scaled sculpins
Jordania - longfin sculpins
Leiocottus - lavender sculpins- Lepidobero
Leptocottus - Pacific staghorn sculpins- Megalocottus
Melletes - butterfly sculpins[5]
- Mesocottus
Micrenophrys - Norway bullheads- Microcottus
Myoxocephalus - daddy sculpins, great sculpins, shorthorn sculpins- Ocynectes
Oligocottus - tidepool johnnies
Orthonopias - snubnose sculpins
Paricelinus - thornback sculpins
Phallocottus - spineless sculpins- Phasmatocottus
Porocottus - fringed sculpins- Pseudoblennius
- Radulinopsis
- Radulinus
- Rastrinus
- Ricuzenius
- Ruscarius
Scorpaenichthys - cabezons- Sigmistes
- Stelgistrum
- Stlengis
Synchirus - manacled sculpins- Taurocottus
Taurulus - longspined bullheads
Thyriscus - sponge sculpins
Trachidermus - roughskin sculpins
Trichocottus - hairhead sculpins- Triglops
- Vellitor
- Zesticelus
Timeline
See also
- List of fish families
References
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^ abcdef Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012). Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology suggest transitions in station-holding demand across species of marine sculpin. Zoology (Jena) 115(4), 223-32.
^ Eschmeyer, W. N. (1998). Paxton, J. R. and W. N. Eschmeyer., ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. pp. 178–79. ISBN 0-12-547665-5..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ ab Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Cottidae. FishBase. 2011.
^ Cottidae. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
^ Tokranov, AM; Orlov, AM; Sheiko, BA (2003). "Brief review of the genera Hemilepidotus and Melletes (Cottidae) and some traits of the biology of a new species for Russia Hemilepidotus zapus from Pacific waters of the northern Kurils". Journal of Ichthyology. 43 (3): 333–49.
