Sculpin
Fish of the superfamily Cottoidea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Perciformes.[2] As of 2006, this superfamily contains 7 families, 94 genera, and 387 species.[3]
| Sculpin | |
|---|---|
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| Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea Gill, 1889[1] |
Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools.[2]
Families and subfamilies
- Jordaniidae Starks, 1895
- Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- Scorpaenichthyidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Agonidae Swainson, 1839
- Hemilepidontinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Hemitripterinae Gill, 1856
- Bothragoninae Lindberg, 1971
- Hypsagoninae Gill, 1861
- Anoplagoninae Gill, 1861
- Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Agoninae Swainson, 1839
- Bathyagoninae Lindberg, 1971
- Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Cottinae Bonaparte, 1831
- Comephorinae Bonaparte 1850
- Abyssocottinae Berg, 1907
- Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861
- Cottunculinae Regan, 1913
- Psychrolutinae Günther, 1861
- Bathylutichthyidae Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990
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References
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