Astrocottus

Astrocottus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Astrocottus
Bolin, 1936

Astrocottus is a genus of sculpins native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Astrocottus leprops Bolin, 1936
  • Astrocottus matsubarae Katayama, 1942
  • Astrocottus oyamai M. Watanabe, 1958
  • Astrocottus regulus Tsuruoka, Maruyama & Yabe, 2008

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Astrocottus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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