Atopocottus is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Its only species is Atopocottus tribranchius which is found in the Sea of Japan where it is only known from the waters off of Niigata Prefecture. This species grows to 3 cm (1.2 in) SL.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Atopocottus Bolin, 1936 |
| Species: | A. tribranchius
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| Binomial name | |
| Atopocottus tribranchius Bolin, 1936
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References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Atopocottus tribranchius" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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