Porocottus
Genus of fishes
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::summary Genus of fishes ::
| image = Porocottus_mednius.png | taxon = Porocottus | authority = Gill, 1859 | type_species = Porocottus quadrifilis | type_species_authority = Gill, 1859 | synonyms = * Crossias D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 | synonyms_ref =
Porocottus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern and northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy
Porocottus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1859 by the American biologist Theodore Gill The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Artediellus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae, however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Myoxocephalinae of the family Psychrolutidae.
Species
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:
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Porocottus allisi (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
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Porocottus camtschaticus (Schmidt, 1916)
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Porocottus coronatus Yabe, 1992
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Porocottus japonicus Schmidt, 1935
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Porocottus leptosomus Muto, Y. Choi & Yabe, 2002
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Porocottus mednius (T. H. Bean, 1898) (Pored sculpin)
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Porocottus minutus (Pallas, 1814)
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Porocottus quadrifilis Gill, 1859
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Porocottus tentaculatus (Kner, 1868)
References
References
- {{Cof family
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- (2016). "Fishes of the World". Wiley.
- {{FishBase genus. (2022)
- (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.
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