Malacocottus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	Malacocottus T. H. Bean, 1890
Type species
Malacocottus zonurus T. H. Bean 1890[1]

Malacocottus is a genus of fatheads native to the northern Pacific Ocean. Malacocottus are typically occupied in the benthic zone near the bottom of the northern Pacific Ocean.^[2]

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:^[3]

• Malacocottus aleuticus (Smith,1904)
• Malacocottus gibber Ki. Sakamoto, 1930
• Malacocottus kincaidi C. H. Gilbert & J. C. Thompson, 1905 (Blackfin sculpin)
• Malacocottus zonurus T. H. Bean, 1890 (Darkfin sculpin)

FishBase recognizes 4 species in this genus but other authorities treat M. aleuticus as a synonym of M. zonurus.^[4]

• Glubokov, A. I.; Glubokovskii, M. K.; Kovacheva, N. P. (1 May 2019). "New Data on Soft Sculpin Malacocottus zonurus (Psychrolutidae) from the Northwestern Bering Sea". Journal of Ichthyology. 59 (3): 435–438. doi:10.1134/S0032945219030056. S2CID 195773916.
• Balanov, A. A.; Panchenko, V. V.; Sheiko, B. A. (1 April 2022). "On the Species Composition of Sculpins of the Genus Malacocottus (Psychrolutidae) in the Sea of Japan". Russian Journal of Marine Biology. 48 (2): 108–112. Bibcode:2022RuJMB..48..108B. doi:10.1134/S106307402202002X. S2CID 248842889.
• Kai, Yoshiaki (2022). "Fish Diversity of Subarctic Waters in Japan". Fish Diversity of Japan. pp. 111–124. doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7427-3_7. ISBN 978-981-16-7426-6. S2CID 246170012.

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