Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Perciformes > Suborder Scorpaenoidei > Suborder Cottoidei

Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Family group names

*sculpins*		subjective synonym

Children

Artediellus Jordan, 1885
Cottus Linnaeus, 1758
Gymnocanthus Swainson, 1839
Icelus Krøyer, 1845
Micrenophrys Andriashev, 1954
Myoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811
Taurulus Gratzianov, 1907
Triglops Reinhardt, 1830

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: bullheads; scaleless sculpins; sculpins sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

French: chabots; chabots de mer; scorpions de mer sources: Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Japanese: カジカ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: ulkefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: ulkefamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: charrascos espinosos

Swedish: simpor

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
taxonomy source	Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125589

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/aa307392-64b1-4ec6-b9b4-c8579a675634