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| status_system = IUCN3.1
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| status_ref = <ref name = iucn> {{cite iucn |author=Watanabe, K. |author2=Taniguchi, Y. |author3=Mukai, T. |name-list-style = & |year=2019 |title=Cottus kazika |page=e.T114827852A114827895 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T114827852A114827895.en |access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Watanabe, K. |author2=Taniguchi, Y. |author3=Mukai, T. |name-list-style = & |year=2019 |title=Cottus kazika |page=e.T114827852A114827895 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T114827852A114827895.en |access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref>
| taxon = Cottus kazika
| taxon = Cottus kazika
| authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] and [[Edwin Chapin Starks|Starks]], 1904
| authority = [[David Starr Jordan|D. S. Jordan]] and [[Edwin Chapin Starks|Starks]], 1904
| synonyms = * ''Rheopresbe kazika'' <small>(Jordan & Starks 1904)</small>
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The '''fourspine sculpin''' ('''''Cottus kazika''''') is a species of freshwater [[ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Cottidae]], the typical sculpins. It is endemic to [[Japan]]. It reaches a maximum length of 30.0&nbsp;cm (11.8&nbsp;in).<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Cottus|species= kazika| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref>
The '''fourspine sculpin''' ('''''Cottus kazika''''') is a species of freshwater [[ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Cottidae]], the typical sculpins. It is endemic to [[Japan]]. It reaches a maximum length of 30.0&nbsp;cm (11.8&nbsp;in).<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Cottus|species= kazika| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref>


==Taxonomy==
The fourspine sculpin was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1904 by the American [[ichthyologists]] [[David Starr Jordan]] and [[Edwin Chapin Starks]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as [[Niigata (city)|Niigata]] in Japan.<ref name = CofF>{{Cof genus|genus=Cottus|access-date=19 January 2023}}</ref> This species is placed in the [[monospecific genus]] ''Rheopresbe'' by some authorities. The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] ''kazika'' is a Japanese word for river sculpins.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/perciformes20/ | title = Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins) | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1= Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp |date = 22 October 2022 | access-date = 19 January 2023 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}</ref>
==References==
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Revision as of 14:10, 19 January 2023

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. The specific name kazika is a Japanese word for river sculpins.[4]

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. ^ 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.