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 > Family Cottidae > Genus Cottus

Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cottus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: finnestribet ferskvandsulk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: spotted sculpin sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Sibirische Groppe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: raibapelekis kūjagalvis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

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

Romanian: zglăvoc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: подкаменщик пестроногий sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: bergsimpa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kayabalığı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Бабець строкатоногий; Бабець строкатоплавцевий

Literature

original description	Heckel, J. J. (1837). Ichthyologische Beiträge zu den Familien der Cottoiden, Scorpaenoiden, Gobioiden und Cyprinoiden. Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte. v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840): 143-164, Pls. 8-9.
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	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Cottus poecilopus, Slovakia, by Sediva, A.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837. 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:127197

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/44163dff-8e33-4494-92f4-841bc64c1683