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Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Scorpaeniformes
family
Cottidae
genus
Cottus
species
Cottus gobio

Name

Synonyms
Cottus affinis Heckel, 1837
Cottus ferrugineus Bonaparte, 1846
Cottus ferrugineus Heckel & Kner, 1858
Cottus ferruginosus
Cottus gobio gobio
Cottus gobio jakartensis Berg, 1916
Cottus gobio jaxartensis Berg, 1916
Cottus gobio macrostomus Jeitteles, 1863
Cottus gobio pellegrini Băcescu & Băcescu-Meşter, 1964
Cottus gobio pellegrini Vladykov, 1931
Cottus gobio roseus Odenwall, 1927
Homonyms
Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Almindelig ferskvandsulk in Danish
Botos kölönte in Hungarian
Botos kölönte in Hungarian
Bullen in German
Bullen in German
Bullen in German
Bullhead in English
Cavilat in Spanish
Chabot in French
Chabot commun in French
Chabot, Chabot commun in French
Dereiskorbiti baligi in Turkish
Escorpião-de-água-doce in Portuguese
European Bullhead in English
Ferskvandsulk in Danish
Freshwater sculpin in English
Glowacz bialopletwy in Polish
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Groppe in German
Gruppe in German
Gruppe in German
Gruppe in German
Hvidfinnet ferskvandsulk in Danish
Hvidfinnet ferskvandsulk in Danish
Hvitfinnet steinulke in Norwegian
Kapic in Slovenian
Kaulkopf in German
Kaulkopf in German
Kaulkopf in German
Kivisimppu in Finnish
Klujek kamienny in Polish
Koppe in German
Koppe in German
Koppe in German
Koppe in German
Miller's thumb in English
Miller's thumb in English
Miller's thumb in English
Mühlkoppe in German
Mühlkoppe in German
Mühlkoppe in German
Pennau Lletwad in Welsh
Pes in Serbian
Rivierdonderpad in Dutch
Rysk simpa in Swedish

Bibliographic References

  1. (2010) Catalog of Fishes electronic version (15 January 2010).
  2. Freyhof, J. et al. (2005)
  3. Freyhof, J. et al. (2005)
  4. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  5. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  6. Hureau, J.-C., and Th. Monod, eds., 1973: null. Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (Clofnam), vol. 1. xxii + 683.
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 87 Completion and, in Part, correction of the entries on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in Regard to the generic names Cottus Linnaeus, 1758, and Conger Oken, 1817 (class Pisces) made by the rulings given respectively in Opinions 11 and 93 published in the period up to the end of 1936 and matters incidental thereto.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1F(F.1), 1-16 (1958)
  8. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  9. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  10. Nijssen, H. & De Groot, S.J. (1987)
  11. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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