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Typical Sculpins
Cottidae
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. They are referred to simply as cottids to avoid confusion with sculpins of other families.
18 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 117 known species
Freshwater Sculpins
genusCottus
Pacific Staghorn Sculpins
genusLeptocottus
Alpine Sculpins
genusAlpinocottus
Roughskin Sculpins
genusTrachidermus
Fourspine Sculpins
genusRheopresbe
Stone Sculpins
genusParacottus
Bighead Sculpins
genusCottocomephorus
Amur Sculpins
genusMesocottus
Baikal Oilfishes
genusComephorus
Kessler's Sculpins
genusLeocottus
Deep-water Sculpins
genusAbyssocottus
Asprocottus
genusAsprocottus
Batrachocottus
genusBatrachocottus
Limnocottus
genusLimnocottus
Neocottus
genusNeocottus
Procottus
genusProcottus
Short-headed Sculpins
genusCottinella
Cyphocottus
genusCyphocottus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47645.