cottus

(ˈkɒtəs)

(Animals) a scorpaenoid fish of the family Cottidae; the type genus, having four yellowish knobs on its head. See also cottid

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Cottus - type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins

genus Cottus

fish genus - any of various genus of fish

Cottidae, family Cottidae - sculpins

bullhead - freshwater sculpin with a large flattened bony-plated head with hornlike spines

miller's-thumb - small freshwater sculpin of Europe and North America

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Otters in northeastern Czech Republic were observed to eat mainly fish and Cottus poecilopus (71%) and Salmotrutta m.

DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF LUTRA LUTRA (LINNAEUS, 1758) IN KIZILIRMAK RIVER (TURKEY)

Many fishes in lotic systems rely on benthic fauna (i.e., aquatic insects and crustaceans) as a primary food source, including mottled sculpin (Cottus bardi), various darters (Etheostoma sp., Percina sp., and Ammocrypta pellucida) and sport-fishes (e.g., Salmonidae).

Documentation of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) in the Diet of Round Gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) within the French Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania

Mechanosensory based orienting behaviors in fluvial and lacustrine populations of mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi).

The cephalic lateral line system of the pelagic fish Normanichthys crockeri (Clark, 1937) (Pisces: Normanichthyidae) from southern Chile

Live non-native fishes captured were mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) (51), arroyo chub (Gila orcutti) (15), fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) (102), Mississippi silverside (Menidia audens) (15), carp, Cyprinus carpio (97), prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) (63), and green sunfish (Lepomis cyanellus) (114).

Mortality of Native and Non-native Fishes during Artificial Breaching of Coastal Lagoons in Southern and Central California

Lateral line stimulation patterns and prey orienting behavior in the Lake Michigan mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi).

The influence of the photoperiod on productive performance and survival of piabanha-of-Pardo (Brycon vonoi), hatchery/Influencia do fotoperiodo no desempenho produtivo e sobrevivencia na criacao de larvas de piabanha-do-Pardo (Brycon vonoi)

Sculpins of the genus Cottus are an important component of the freshwater ichthyofauna of the Pacific Northwest.

MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TWO ENIGMATIC SCULPIN SPECIES, COTTUS GULOSUS AND COTTUS PERPLEXUS (SCORPAENIFORMES: COTTIDAE)

Other fish and fishlike species discovered in the nursery streams were the following: bullhead, Cottus gobio, stone loach, Barbatula barbatula, brook lamprey, Lampetra planeri, grayling, Thymallus thymallus, European chub, Squalius cephalus, European eel, Anguilla anguilla, and gudgeon, Gobio gobio.

The effect of cormorant predation on newly established Atlantic salmon population

Examination of the responses of slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus) and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) collected on the St.

The use of biomarkers for assessing effects of pollutant stress on fish species from a tropical river in Southeastern Brazil/O uso de biomarcadores para avaliar efeitos de estresses de poluentes sobre especies de peixes em um rio tropical no sudeste do Brasil

Sperm of freshwater species, such as bullhead Cottus gobio L.

Features of Sperm Motility and Circadian Rhythm in Japanese Anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)

A preliminary survey of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) and bullheads (Cottus gobio L.) in high altitude becks.

Selection and availability of shellfish prey for invasive green crabs [Carcinus maenas (Linneaus, 1758)] in a partially restored back-barrier salt marsh lagoon on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Genetic variability, population size and isolation of distinct populations in the freshwater fish (Cottus gobio L.).

Genetic Diversity in Different Populations of Mahseer (Tor putitora) in Pakistan: A RAPD Based Study