Porocottus

Porocottus is a genus of sculpins native to the northern and northwestern Pacific Ocean.

Porocottus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Scorpaeniformes
Family:
Cottidae
Genus:
Porocottus

Species

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

  • Porocottus allisi (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
  • Porocottus camtschaticus (P. J. Schmidt, 1916)
  • Porocottus coronatus Yabe, 1992
  • Porocottus japonicus P. J. Schmidt, 1935
  • Porocottus leptosomus Muto, Y. Choi & Yabe, 2002
  • Porocottus mednius (T. H. Bean, 1898) (Pored sculpin)
  • Porocottus minutus (Pallas, 1814)
  • Porocottus quadrifilis T. N. Gill, 1859
  • Porocottus tentaculatus (Kner, 1868)

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


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