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Genus of fishes

Porocottus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Porocottus
Gill, 1859
Type species
Porocottus quadrifilis
Gill, 1859
Synonyms
Porocottus mednius

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 when he described Porocottus quadrifilis from the Bering Strait. 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:

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myoxocephalinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Porocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Porocottus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
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