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Cottidae
Bonaparte, 1831
- sculpins
(fish)
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Entity:
Cottales (Infraorder)
..Agonidae (Family) - poachers
..Cyclopteridae (Family) - lumpfishes
..Jordaniidae (Family) - longfin sculpins
..Liparidae (Family) - snailfishes
..Psychrolutidae (Family) - marine sculpins
..Rhamphocottidae (Family) - horsehead sculpins
..Trichodontidae (Family) - sandfishes
..Cottidae (Family) - sculpins
....Abyssocottus (Genus)
....Alpinocottus (Genus)
....Asprocottus (Genus)
....Batrachocottus (Genus)
....Comephorus (Genus)
....Cottinella (Genus)
....Cottocomephorus (Genus)
....Cottus (Genus) - bullhead
....Cyphocottus (Genus)
....Leocottus (Genus)
....Leptocottus (Genus)
....Limnocottus (Genus)
....Mesocottus (Genus)
....Neocottus (Genus)
....Paracottus (Genus)
....Procottus (Genus)
....Rheopresbe (Genus)
....Trachidermus (Genus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Bonaparte, 1831.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cottinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 333 (Bugutskaya & Naseka, 2004).
[inferred]
Type
:
Cottus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; [<11 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
Abyssocottidae
(Family)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Abyssocottinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Comephoridae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1850
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Comephorinae
(Subfamily)
Bonaparte, 1850
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Cottinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021
: 15 Aug 2025; 26 Aug 2025.
[inferred]
Including
:
Cottocomephoridae
(Family)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; 20 May 2012; ECoF(15 Aug 2025).
[inferred]
Including
:
Cottocomephorinae
(Subfamily)
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; 26 Aug 2025; ECoF(15 Aug 2025).
[inferred]
Including
:
Icelidae
(Family)
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: App. (p. 609).
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
donderpadden
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
sculpins
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 491; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
:
sculpins
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2474.
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28 Aug 2026