Fourspine sculpin

Fourspine sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. kazika
Binomial name
Cottus kazika
Synonyms
  • Rheopresbe kazika (Jordan & Starks 1904)

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]

Taxonomy

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus kazika". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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. Bibcode:2020EnvBF.103..213G. doi:10.1007/s10641-019-00921-3. S2CID 207989663.
  5. ^ 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.