Malacocottus

Malacocottus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	Malacocottus; T. H. Bean, 1890
Type species
	Malacocottus zonurus; T. H. Bean 1890

Malacocottus is a genus of fatheads native to the northern Pacific Ocean. Malacocottus are typically occupied in the benthic zone near the bottom of the northern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

Malacocottus aleuticus (Smith,1904)
Malacocottus gibber Ki. Sakamoto, 1930
Malacocottus kincaidi C. H. Gilbert & J. C. Thompson, 1905 (Blackfin sculpin)
Malacocottus zonurus T. H. Bean, 1890 (Darkfin sculpin)

FishBase recognizes 4 species in this genus but other authorities treat M. aleuticus as a synonym of M. zonurus.

References

↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
↑ Stevenson, Duane E. (March 2015). "The Validity of Nominal Species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) Known from the Eastern North Pacific with a Key to the Species". Copeia. 103 (1): 22–33. doi:10.1643/CI-14-074. S2CID 85952531. ProQuest 1675191904.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacocottus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Malacocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

Glubokov, A. I.; Glubokovskii, M. K.; Kovacheva, N. P. (1 May 2019). "New Data on Soft Sculpin Malacocottus zonurus (Psychrolutidae) from the Northwestern Bering Sea". Journal of Ichthyology. 59 (3): 435–438. Bibcode:2019JIch...59..435G. doi:10.1134/S0032945219030056. S2CID 195773916.
Balanov, A. A.; Panchenko, V. V.; Sheiko, B. A. (1 April 2022). "On the Species Composition of Sculpins of the Genus Malacocottus (Psychrolutidae) in the Sea of Japan". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 48 (2): 108–112. Bibcode:2022RuJMB..48..108B. doi:10.1134/S106307402202002X. S2CID 248842889.
Kai, Yoshiaki (2022). "Fish Diversity of Subarctic Waters in Japan". Fish Diversity of Japan. pp. 111–124. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7427-3_7. ISBN 978-981-16-7426-6. S2CID 246170012.

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[CofF-1] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

[Stevenson2015-2] Stevenson, Duane E. (March 2015). "The Validity of Nominal Species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) Known from the Eastern North Pacific with a Key to the Species". Copeia. 103 (1): 22–33. doi:10.1643/CI-14-074. S2CID 85952531. ProQuest 1675191904.

[Fishbase-3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacocottus". FishBase. February 2023 version.

[CofF2-4] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Malacocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

Malacocottus

Species

References

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