Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Scorpaeniformes > Family Cottidae

Cottus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
Cottus haemusi Marinov & Dikov, 1986
Cottus hispaniolensis Bacescu & Bacescu-Mester, 1964
Cottus koshewnikowi Gratzianov, 1907
Cottus microstomus Heckel, 1837
Cottus petiti Bacescu & Bacescu-Mester, 1964
Cottus poecilopus Heckel, 1837

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Cottus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126148

Dr Jorg Freyhof. Cottus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=304829