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Cottus
Linnaeus, 1758
- bullhead
(fish)
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Entity:
Cottidae (Family) - sculpins
..Abyssocottus (Genus)
..Alpinocottus (Genus)
..Asprocottus (Genus)
..Batrachocottus (Genus)
..Comephorus (Genus)
..Cottinella (Genus)
..Cottocomephorus (Genus)
..Cyphocottus (Genus)
..Leocottus (Genus)
..Leptocottus (Genus)
..Limnocottus (Genus)
..Mesocottus (Genus)
..Neocottus (Genus)
..Paracottus (Genus)
..Procottus (Genus)
..Rheopresbe (Genus)
..Trachidermus (Genus)
..Cottus (Genus) - bullhead
....Cottus aleuticus (Species) - Coastrange sculpin
....Cottus amblystomopsis (Species)
....Cottus asper (Species) - prickly sculpin
....Cottus asperrimus (Species) - rough sculpin
....Cottus baileyi (Species) - black sculpin
....Cottus bairdii (Species) - mottled sculpin
....Cottus beldingii (Species) - Paiute sculpin
....Cottus bendirei (Species)
....Cottus caeruleomentum (Species) - Blue Ridge sculpin
....Cottus carolinae (Species) - banded sculpin
....Cottus cognatus (Species) - slimy sculpin
....Cottus confusus (Species) - shorthead sculpin
....Cottus czerskii (Species)
....Cottus echinatus (Species) - Utah Lake sculpin
....Cottus extensus (Species) - Bear Lake sculpin
....Cottus ferrugineus (Species)
....Cottus girardi (Species) - Potomac sculpin
....Cottus gobio (Species) - bullhead
....Cottus greenei (Species) - Shoshone sculpin
....Cottus gulosus (Species) - riffle sculpin
....Cottus hangiongensis (Species)
....Cottus hubbsi (Species)
....Cottus hypselurus (Species) - Ozark sculpin
....Cottus kaganowskii (Species)
....Cottus kanawhae (Species)
....Cottus kazika (Species)
....Cottus kesslerii (Species)
....Cottus klamathensis (Species) - marbled sculpin
....Cottus leiopomus (Species) - Wood River sculpin
....Cottus marginatus (Species) - margined sculpin
....Cottus nasalis (Species)
....Cottus nozawae (Species)
....Cottus paulus (Species) - pygmy sculpin
....Cottus perplexus (Species) - reticulate sculpin
....Cottus petiti (Species)
....Cottus pitensis (Species) - pit sculpin
....Cottus poecilopus (Species) - spotted sculpin
....Cottus pollux (Species)
....Cottus princeps (Species) - Klamath Lake sculpin
....Cottus reinii (Species)
....Cottus rhotheus (Species) - torrent sculpin
....Cottus ricei (Species) - spoonhead sculpin
....Cottus sibiricus (Species)
....Cottus spinulosus (Species)
....Cottus tenuis (Species) - slender sculpin
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 264.
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Types
Type of
:
Cottidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; [<11 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Type of
:
Cottiformes
(Order)
Type of
:
Cottoidea
(Superfamily)
Bonaparte, 1831
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; 20 May 2012.
[inferred]
Type of
:
Cottoidei
(Suborder)
Berg, 1940
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 334; 20 May 2012.
[inferred]
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Cottus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
bullhead
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 14.
Vernacular Names (Russian)
Full name
:
Подкаменщик [Podkamenshchik]
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 14.
:
морской бычок [morskoy bychok]
Ref:
I.V. Volvenko et al., 2020
: 14.
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