| Cottiusculus | |
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| Drawing of Cottiusculus schmidti fish | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Cottiusculus Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Cottiusculus gonez Jordan & Starks 1904 | |
Cottiusculus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. The fishes in this genus are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [1]
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