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Cottidae

The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. Following major taxonomic revisions, it contains about 118 species in 18 genera, the vast majority of which are either restricted to freshwater habitats or are amphidromous. They are referred to simply as cottids to avoid confusion with sculpins of other families.

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related to Taxonomy · 17
Cottidae → Abbyssocottidae, Based, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Comephoridae, Cottus, Eschmeyer's Catalog, Fishes, French, Lake Baikal, Leptocottus, Mesocottus, More, Psychrolutidae, The, The Cottidae, Trachidermus, World
related to Evolution · 12
Cottidae → Abyssocottinae, Baikal, Batrachocottus, Comephorinae, Cottocomephorinae, Cottus, DNA, Lake Baikal, Molecular, Pliocene, The, The Abyssocottidae

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cottids sculpins cottus lake baikal family freshwater fish species habitats genera restricted marine bonaparte genus taxonomic families placed especially ft

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Cottidaerelated to EvolutionMolecular0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionDNA0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionLake Baikal0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionAbyssocottinae0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionCottocomephorinae0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionComephorinae0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionBaikal0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionPliocene0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionThe0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionCottus0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionThe Abyssocottidae0.60section
Cottidaerelated to EvolutionBatrachocottus0.60section

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