Astrocottus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Astrocottus Bolin, 1936 |
| Type species | |
| Astrocottus leprops Bolin, 1936[1]
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Taxonomy
editAstrocottus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1936 by the American ichthyologist Rolf Ling Bolin[1] when he described Astrocottus leprops from the Tsugaru Strait in Japan.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Astrocottus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Astrocottus leprops Bolin, 1936
- Astrocottus matsubarae Katayama, 1942
- Astrocottus oyamai M. Watanabe, 1958
- Astrocottus regulus Tsuruoka, Maruyama & Yabe, 2008
References
edit- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Astrocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-02-24.467-495&rft.edition=5th&rft.pub=Wiley&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-1-118-34233-6&rft.au=J. S. Nelson&rft.au=T. C. Grande&rft.au=M. V. H. Wilson&rft_id=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Astrocottus" class="Z3988">
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Astrocottus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
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