family Cottidae

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family Cottidae - sculpins

Cottidae

fish family - any of various families of fish

Scorpaenoidea, suborder Scorpaenoidea - mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnards

Cottus, genus Cottus - type genus of the Cottidae: sculpins

sculpin - any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths

genus Hemitripterus, Hemitripterus - sea ravens

genus Myxocephalus, Myxocephalus - grubby

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In the Scorpaeniformes, one species in Sebastidae, Sebastesfasciatus, exhibited Hb polymerization, while four species in three other families, Cottunculus microps family Psychrolutidae, Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus family Cottidae, Myoxocephalus scorpius family Cottidae, and Hemitripterus americanus family Hemitripteridae, did not exhibit the trait (Tables 1, 2).

Hemoglobin Polymerization in Red Blood Cells of Marine Fishes: A Case of Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity?

The intromittent organs of the fluffy sculpin (Oligocottus snyderi; Family Cottidae), a viviparous marine species, have been described as having a modified anal fin ray with the ability to bend in order to enter the female reproductive tract (Morris 1955).

Reproductive Morphology of Male Black Perch (Embiotoca jacksoni)

The Yellow Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881), a member of the family Cottidae, inhabits North Pacific Ocean waters (Peden 1978).

Life-history aspects of the Yellow Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus jordani) in the Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands

3 <0.01 0.1 Family Gadidae Lota Iota 1 <0.01 <0.01 Family Percopsidae Percopsis omiscomaycus Family Cottidae Cottus sp.

Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritus) of Leech Lake, Minnesota: temporal variation of diets and assessment of differential prey selection in adults

The morphology, variability, ultrasculpture and inferred growth of small dermal and other ossicles of Cyclopterus lumpus (lumpsucker) and Liparis liparis (sea snail) from the Baltic Sea can be compared with those seen in three genera and species (Triglopsis quadricornis--fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius--shorthorn sculpin, Taurulus bubalis--longspined bullhead) of the related cottoid family Cottidae (sculpins) as described by Marss et al.

The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cyclopteridae and Liparidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kahe voldaselise (Teleostei, Cottiformes, Cyclopteridac ja Liparidae) vaikeste luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur

True sculpins belong to the Family Cottidae; Fowler described the new species as a member of the Family Scorpaenidae.

Papa's fish: a note on Neomerinthe hemingwayi

Family Cottidae (sculpins).--The mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi, 2) was collected only from site B in Hendricks County in 2002, although a specimen was collected from site E in 2001.

Urban ichthyology: changes in the fish community along an urban-rural creek in Indiana

This paper deals with the dermal tubercles and other ossicles of representatives of three genera of the family Cottidae found in the Baltic Sea.

The morphology and sculpture of ossicles in the Cottidae (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea/Laanemere kolme voldaseliste (Teleostei) perekonna luuliste elementide morfoloogia ning skulptuur