Cottus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Cottus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Cottus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Cottus (fish)
Cottus is a genus of the mainly freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. 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 small fish, mostly less than 15 cm (6 in) in length, although a few species can reach twice that size.
...Cottus in languages:
- Chinese
- 杜父魚屬
- English
- Freshwater Sculpins
- Japanese
- カジカ属
- Russian
- Подкаменщики
- Ukrainian
- Бабець
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Cottus aleuticus
- Cottus altaicus
- Cottus amblystomopsis
- Cottus asper
- Cottus asperrimus
- Cottus aturi
- Cottus baileyi
- Cottus bairdii
- Cottus beldingii
- Cottus bendirei
- Cottus caeruleomentum
- Cottus carolinae
- Cottus chattahoochee
- Cottus cognatus
- Cottus confusus
- Cottus cyclophthalmus
- Cottus czerskii
- Cottus duranii
- Cottus dzungaricus
- Cottus echinatus
- Cottus extensus
- Cottus ferrugineus
- Cottus girardi
- Cottus gobio
- Cottus gratzianowi
- Cottus greenei
- Cottus gulosus
- Cottus haemusi
- Cottus hangiongensis
- Cottus hispaniolensis
- Cottus hubbsi
- Cottus hypselurus
- Cottus immaculatus
- Cottus jaxartensis
- Cottus kanawhae
- Cottus klamathensis
- Cottus kolymensis
- Cottus koreanus
- Cottus koshewnikowi
- Cottus kuznetzovi
- Cottus leiopomus
- Cottus marginatus
- Cottus metae
- Cottus microstomus
- Cottus nozawae
- Cottus ohlone
- Cottus paulus
- Cottus perifretum
- Cottus perplexus
- Cottus petiti
- Cottus philonips
- Cottus pitensis
- Cottus poecilopus
- Cottus pollux
- Cottus princeps
- Cottus punctulatus
- Cottus reinii
- Cottus rhenanus
- Cottus rhotheus
- Cottus ricei
- Cottus rondeleti
- Cottus sabaudicus
- Cottus schitsuumsh
- Cottus semiscaber
- Cottus sibiricus
- Cottus specus
- Cottus spinulosus
- Cottus szanaga
- Cottus tallapoosae
- Cottus tenuis
- Cottus transsilvaniae
- Cottus tubulatus
- Cottus volki