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Cottus Linnaeus, 1758

1267870  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1267870)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Scorpaeniformes (Order)
  7. Cottidae (Family)
  8. Cottus (Genus)
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  1. Species Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896
  2. Species Cottus amblystomopsis Schmidt, 1904
  3. Species Cottus asper Richardson, 1836
  4. Species Cottus asperrimus Rutter, 1908
  5. Species Cottus aturi Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  6. Species Cottus baileyi Robins, 1961
  7. Species Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  8. Species Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891
  9. Species Cottus bendirei (Bean, 1881)
  10. Species Cottus caeruleomentum Kinziger, Raesly & Neely, 2000
  11. Species Cottus carolinae (Gill, 1861)
  12. Species Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  13. Species Cottus confusus Bailey & Bond, 1963
  14. Species Cottus czerskii Berg, 1913
  15. Species Cottus duranii Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  16. Species Cottus dzungaricus
  17. Species Cottus echinatus Bailey & Bond, 1963
  18. Species Cottus extensus Bailey & Bond, 1963
  19. Species Cottus girardi Robins, 1961
  20. Species Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
  21. Species Cottus greenei (Gilbert & Culver, 1898)
  22. Species Cottus gulosus (Girard, 1854)
  23. Species Cottus hangiongensis Mori, 1930
  24. Species Cottus hispaniolensis Bacescu & Bacescu-Mester, 1964
  25. Species Cottus hubbsi Bailey & Dimick, 1949
  26. Species Cottus hypselurus Robins & Robison, 1985
  27. Species Cottus kanawhae Robins, 2005
  28. Species Cottus kazika Jordan & Starks, 1904
  29. Species Cottus klamathensis Gilbert, 1898
  30. Species Cottus koreanus
  31. Species Cottus koshewnikowi Gratzianov, 1907
  32. Species Cottus leiopomus Gilbert & Evermann, 1894
  33. Species Cottus marginatus (Bean, 1881)
  34. Species Cottus metae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  35. Species Cottus microstomus Heckel, 1837
  36. Species Cottus nasalis Berg, 1933
  37. Species Cottus nozawae Snyder, 1911
  38. Species Cottus octodecimspinosus
  39. Species Cottus paulus Williams, 2000
  40. Species Cottus perifretum Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  41. Species Cottus perplexus Gilbert & Evermann, 1894
  42. Species Cottus petiti Bacescu & Bacescu-Mester, 1964
  43. Species Cottus pitensis Bailey & Bond, 1963
  44. Species Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837
  45. Species Cottus pollux Günther, 1873
  46. Species Cottus princeps Gilbert, 1898
  47. Species Cottus reinii Hilgendorf, 1879
  48. Species Cottus rhenanus Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  49. Species Cottus rhotheus (Smith, 1882)
  50. Species Cottus ricei (Nelson, 1876)
  51. Species Cottus rondeleti Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  52. Species Cottus scaturigo Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  53. Species Cottus sibiricus Kessler, 1899
  54. Species Cottus spinulosus Kessler, 1872
  55. Species Cottus szanaga
  56. Species Cottus tenuis (Evermann & Meek, 1898)
  57. Species Cottus transsilvaniae Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
  58. Species Cottus volki Taranetz, 1933
  59. Species Cottus acadian Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
  60. Species Cottus aenaeus Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814)
  61. Species Cottus affinis Heckel, 1837 accepted as Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
  62. Species Cottus asperrima Rutter, 1908 accepted as Cottus asperrimus Rutter, 1908
  63. Species Cottus australis White, 1790 accepted as Centropogon australis (White, 1790)
  64. Species Cottus axillaris (Gill, 1859) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
  65. Species Cottus baicalensis Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Batrachocottus baicalensis (Dybowski, 1874)
  66. Species Cottus bairdi Girard, 1850 accepted as Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  67. Species Cottus bathybius Günther, 1878 accepted as Zesticelus bathybius (Günther, 1878)
  68. Species Cottus beldingi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891 accepted as Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891
  69. Species Cottus bicornis Reinhardt, 1840 accepted as Icelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840)
  70. Species Cottus boleoides Girard, 1850 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  71. Species Cottus brandtii Steindachner, 1867 accepted as Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867)
  72. Species Cottus brodamus Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  73. Species Cottus bubalis Euphrasen, 1786 accepted as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  74. Species Cottus cataphractus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Agonus cataphractus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  75. Species Cottus chamberlaini Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  76. Species Cottus claviger Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Enophrys diceraus (Pallas, 1787)
  77. Species Cottus comephoroides Berg, 1900 accepted as Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev, 1890)
  78. Species Cottus czanaga Dybowski, 1869 accepted as Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837
  79. Species Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865 accepted as Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
  80. Species Cottus diceraus Pallas, 1787 accepted as Enophrys diceraus (Pallas, 1787)
  81. Species Cottus ferrugineus Bonaparte, 1846 accepted as Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
  82. Species Cottus ferrugineus Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
  83. Species Cottus formosus Girard, 1851 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  84. Species Cottus franklini Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  85. Species Cottus godlewskii Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Limnocottus godlewskii (Dybowski, 1874)
  86. Species Cottus gracilis Heckel, 1837 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  87. Species Cottus grewingkii Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Dybowski, 1874)
  88. Species Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  89. Species Cottus grunniens Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758)
  90. Species Cottus grunniens Linnaeus, 1758 (in part) accepted as Raniceps raninus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  91. Species Cottus haemusi Marinov & Dikov, 1986 accepted as Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
  92. Species Cottus haitej Dybowski, 1869 accepted as Mesocottus haitej (Dybowski, 1869)
  93. Species Cottus hangionensis Mori, 1930 accepted as Cottus hangiongensis Mori, 1930
  94. Species Cottus hemilepidotus Tilesius, 1811 accepted as Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811)
  95. Species Cottus hexacornis Richardson, 1823 accepted as Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  96. Species Cottus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
  97. Species Cottus hongiongensis Mori, 1930 accepted as Cottus hangiongensis Mori, 1930
  98. Species Cottus humilis Bean, 1881 accepted as Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)
  99. Species Cottus ictalops (Rafinesque, 1820) accepted as Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  100. Species Cottus indicus Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786)
  101. Species Cottus indus Linnaeus, 1764 accepted as Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus, 1758)
  102. Species Cottus inermis Yakovlev, 1890 accepted as Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev, 1890)
  103. Species Cottus insidiator Forsskål, 1775 accepted as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  104. Species Cottus intermedius Temminck & Schlegel, 1843 accepted as Gymnocanthus intermedius (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)
  105. Species Cottus jaok Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)
  106. Species Cottus japonicus Pallas, 1769 accepted as Percis japonica (Pallas, 1769)
  107. Species Cottus jeittelesii Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Procottus jeittelesii (Dybowski, 1874)
  108. Species Cottus kaganowskii Berg, 1932 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  109. Species Cottus kessleri Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski, 1874)
  110. Species Cottus kesslerii Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski, 1874)
  111. Species Cottus kneri Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Paracottus knerii (Dybowski, 1874)
  112. Species Cottus knerii Dybowski, 1874 accepted as Paracottus knerii (Dybowski, 1874)
  113. Species Cottus kuznetzovi Berg, 1903 accepted as Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837
  114. Species Cottus latifrons Gratzianov, 1904 accepted as Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  115. Species Cottus lilljeborgi Collett, 1875 accepted as Micrenophrys lilljeborgii (Collett, 1875)
  116. Species Cottus lilljeborgii Collett, 1875 accepted as Micrenophrys lilljeborgii (Collett, 1875)
  117. Species Cottus macrops Rutter, 1908 accepted as Cottus klamathensis Gilbert, 1898
  118. Species Cottus maculatus Fischer, 1885 accepted as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  119. Species Cottus madagascariensis Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  120. Species Cottus megalops Gratzianov, 1902 accepted as Cyphocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902)
  121. Species Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850 accepted as Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  122. Species Cottus minutus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Porocottus minutus (Pallas, 1814)
  123. Species Cottus monopterygius Bloch, 1786 accepted as Aspidophoroides monopterygius (Bloch, 1786)
  124. Species Cottus niger Bean, 1881 accepted as Myoxocephalus niger (Bean, 1881)
  125. Species Cottus nikolskii Berg, 1900 accepted as Batrachocottus nikolskii (Berg, 1900)
  126. Species Cottus octodecemspinosus Mitchill, 1814 accepted as Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)
  127. Species Cottus onychus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892 accepted as Cottus ricei (Nelson, 1876)
  128. Species Cottus otaitensis Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Eurycephalus otaitensis (Cuvier, 1829)
  129. Species Cottus philonips Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892 accepted as Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
  130. Species Cottus pistilliger Pallas, 1814 accepted as Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas, 1814)
  131. Species Cottus platycephalus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  132. Species Cottus poecilopterus Heckel, 1837 accepted as Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837
  133. Species Cottus pollicaris (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) accepted as Cottus ricei (Nelson, 1876)
  134. Species Cottus polyacanthocephalus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  135. Species Cottus protrusus Schultz & Spoor, 1933 accepted as Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896
  136. Species Cottus pygmaeus Williams, 1968 accepted as Cottus paulus Williams, 2000
  137. Species Cottus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  138. Species Cottus rhothea (Smith, 1882) accepted as Cottus rhotheus (Smith, 1882)
  139. Species Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850 accepted as Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  140. Species Cottus scaber Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus, 1758)
  141. Species Cottus scorpioides Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
  142. Species Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  143. Species Cottus scorpoides Fabricius, 1780 accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
  144. Species Cottus semiscaber Cope, 1872 accepted as Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
  145. Species Cottus sinensis Sauvage, 1873 accepted as Myoxocephalus sinensis (Sauvage, 1873)
  146. Species Cottus taeniopterus Kner, 1868 accepted as Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  147. Species Cottus tentaculatus Kner, 1868 accepted as Porocottus tentaculatus (Kner, 1868)
  148. Species Cottus thomsonii Günther, 1882 accepted as Cottunculus thomsonii (Günther, 1882)
  149. Species Cottus tricuspis Reinhardt, 1830 accepted as Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt, 1830)
  150. Species Cottus tripterygius Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)
  151. Species Cottus uncinatus Reinhardt, 1834 accepted as Artediellus uncinatus (Reinhardt, 1834)
  152. Species Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881 accepted as Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881)
  153. Species Cottus villosus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 264 [details] 
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77). (Eschmeyer).  
Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77). (Eschmeyer). [details]
IRMNG (2024). Cottus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1267870 on 2025-01-23
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2006-09-20 22:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
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Rees, Tony
2016-11-22 11:10:04Z
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2017-11-22 13:18:58Z
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Decock, Wim

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 264 [details] 

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details] 

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 

original description (of Cottopsis Girard, 1850) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 3, 1851
page(s): 303 [details] 

original description (of Uranidea DeKay, 1842) N. H. New York (Fish)
page(s): 61 [details] 

original description (of Tauridea Jordan & Rice in Jordan, 1878) in Jordan, Man. Vert. Nthn. U.S., ed. 2
page(s): 255 [details] 

original description (of Potamocottus Gill, 1861) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 8
page(s): 40 [details] 

original description (of Pegedictis Rafinesque, 1820) Ichth. Ohiensis
page(s): 85 [details] 

original description (of Rheopresbe Jordan & Starks, 1904) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 27, no. 1358, 234
page(s): 269 [details] 

original description (of Pegedichthys Jordan, 1876) Man. Vert., [ed. 1]
page(s): 244 [details] 

original description (of Centridermichthys Richardson, 1845) Zool. "Sulphur"
page(s): 73 [details] 

original description (of Cattus Anonymous, 1815) Helvet. Almanach
page(s): 49 [details] 

original description (of Cephalocottus Gratzianov, 1907) Zool. Anz., 31
page(s): 659 [details] 
Unreviewed
Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Freshwater. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark On Official List (Opinion 77). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Cottus gobio Linnaeus 1758 [details]
To BioNames database (from synonym Cephalocottus Gratzianov, 1907)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Cephalocottus Gratzianov, 1907)
To WoRMS (from synonym Uranoscopus Gronow, 1763)
To WoRMS (from synonym Centridermichthys Richardson, 1845)
To WoRMS 
To WoRMS (from synonym Cottopsis Girard, 1850)
To WoRMS (from synonym Uranidea DeKay, 1842)
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