Malacocottus

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]

Species

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]

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
2. Stevenson, Duane E. (March 2015). "The Validity of Nominal Species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) Known from the Eastern North Pacific with a Key to the Species". Copeia. 103 (1): 22–33. doi:10.1643/CI-14-074. S2CID 85952531. ProQuest 1675191904.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Malacocottus". FishBase. February 2023 version.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Malacocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

Further reading

• 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.