Porocottus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern and northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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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: | Porocottus Gill, 1859 |
| Type species | |
| Porocottus quadrifilis Gill, 1859[1]
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Taxonomy edit
Porocottus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1859 by the American biologist Theodore Gill[1] when he described Porocottus quadrifilis from the Bering Strait.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Artediellus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Myoxocephalinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species edit
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Porocottus allisi (D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904)
- Porocottus camtschaticus (Schmidt, 1916)
- Porocottus coronatus Yabe, 1992
- Porocottus japonicus Schmidt, 1935
- Porocottus leptosomus Muto, Y. Choi & Yabe, 2002
- Porocottus mednius (T. H. Bean, 1898) (Pored sculpin)
- Porocottus minutus (Pallas, 1814)
- Porocottus quadrifilis Gill, 1859
- Porocottus tentaculatus (Kner, 1868)
References edit
- ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Myoxocephalinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Porocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Porocottus in FishBase. August 2022 version.
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