Family Cottidae
(bullheads, scaleless sculpins, and sculpins)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion fishes and sculpins)
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  Suborder Cottoidei (sculpins)
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  Family Cottidae (bullheads, scaleless sculpins, and sculpins)
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  Genus Archaulus
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  Genus Archistes
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  Genus Artediellus (hookear sculpins)
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  Genus Artedius
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  Genus Ascelichthys
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  Genus Asemichthys
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  Genus Blepsias
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  Genus Ceratocottus
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  Genus Chitonotus
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  Genus Clinocottus (sharpnose sculpins)
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  Genus Cottus (freshwater sculpins and Miller's thumbs)
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  Genus Dasycottus
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  Genus Enophrys (stone sculpins)
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  Genus Gymnocanthus
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  Genus Hemilepidotus
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  Genus Hemitripterus (sea ravens)
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  Genus Icelinus
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  Genus Jordania
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  Genus Leiocottus
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  Genus Leptocottus (Pacific staghorn sculpins)
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  Genus Malacocottus
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  Genus Megalocottus
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  Genus Microcottus
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  Genus Myoxocephalus (daddy sculpins, fourhorn sculpins, great sculpins, and shorthorn sculpins)
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  Genus Nautichthys
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  Genus Oligocottus (tidepool johnnies)