The fourspine sculpin (Cottus kazika) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to Japan. It reaches a maximum length of 30.0 cm (11.8 in).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. kazika
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| Cottus kazika D. S. Jordan and Starks, 1904
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Taxonomy edit
The fourspine sculpin was first formally described in 1904 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with its type locality given as Niigata in Japan.[3] This species is placed in the monospecific genus Rheopresbe by some authorities, as molecular analyses indicated that this species was a sister taxon to Trachidermus fasciatus, another catadromous Japanese sculpin.[4] The specific name kazika is a Japanese word for river sculpins.[5]
References edit
- ^ Watanabe, K.; Taniguchi, Y. & Mukai, T. (2019). "Cottus kazika". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T114827852A114827895. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T114827852A114827895.en. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cottus kazika" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- ^ Akira Goto; Ryota Yokoyama; Izumi Kinoshita; and Harumi Sakai (2020). "Japanese catadromous fourspine sculpin, Rheopresbe kazika (Jordan & Starks) (Pisces: Cottidae), transferred from the genus Cottus". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 103 (3): 213–220. doi:10.1007/s10641-019-00921-3. S2CID 207989663.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 19 January 2023.