Cottoidei

E242014

Cottoidei is a suborder of ray-finned fishes that includes sculpins and related bottom-dwelling, often spiny species found primarily in cold marine and freshwater environments.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cottoidei canonical 5
Cottoidea 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf suborder ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
bodyShape often dorsoventrally flattened ⓘ
characteristic bottom-dwelling ⓘ
broad head ⓘ
cryptic coloration ⓘ
large pectoral fins ⓘ
often spiny ⓘ
reduced swim bladder ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName cottoid fishes ⓘ
contains freshwater species ⓘ
marine species ⓘ
distribution Arctic Ocean ⓘ
North Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Ocean

North Pacific Ocean ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
feedingType carnivorous ⓘ
finSpines well developed ⓘ
habitat freshwater environment ⓘ
marine environment ⓘ
hasEcologicalRole benthic predator ⓘ
prey for larger fishes ⓘ
includes Abyssocottidae ⓘ
Agonidae ⓘ
Bathylutichthyidae ⓘ
Comephoridae ⓘ
Cottidae ⓘ
Cyclopteridae ⓘ
Ereuniidae ⓘ
Hemitripteridae ⓘ
Psychrolutidae ⓘ
Rhamphocottidae ⓘ
includesCommonGroup sculpins ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
parentTaxon Scorpaeniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
recognizedBy modern ichthyological classifications ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
scientificName Cottoidei ⓘ
subdivisionOf Scorpaeniformes ⓘ
superorder Acanthopterygii ⓘ
taxonRank suborder ⓘ
temperaturePreference cold waters ⓘ
typicalDiet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
typicalEnvironment benthic zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scorpaeniformes → includes → Cottoidei ⓘ
Perciformes → hasSuborder → Cottoidei ⓘ
Psychrolutidae → superfamily → Cottoidea ⓘ
linked to: Cottoidei
Rhamphocottidae → suborder → Cottoidei ⓘ
Cottoidei → scientificName → Cottoidei ⓘ
Myoxocephalus → parentTaxon → Cottoidei ⓘ