WoRMS taxon details
Cottus ricei (Nelson, 1876)
564966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564966)
accepted
Species
Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876 · unaccepted
Cottus onychus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cottus pollicaris (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) · unaccepted
Uranidea pollicaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
(of Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876) Nelson, E. W. (1876). A partial catalogue of the fishes of Illinois. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural Histor.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 33-52. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cottus ricei (Nelson, 1876). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564966 on 2026-01-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cottus onychus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892) Eigenmann, C. H.; Eigenmann, R. S. (1892). New fishes from western Canada. <em>American Naturalist.</em> v. 26 (no. 311): 961-964. [details]
original description (of Uranidea pollicaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Description of a new species of Uranidea (Uranidba [sic] pollicaris) from Lake Michigan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 277): 222-223. [details]
original description (of Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876) Nelson, E. W. (1876). A partial catalogue of the fishes of Illinois. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural Histor.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 33-52. [details]
basis of record 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., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Uranidea pollicaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) Jordan, D. S.; Gilbert, C. H. (1882). Description of a new species of Uranidea (Uranidba [sic] pollicaris) from Lake Michigan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 5 (no. 277): 222-223. [details]
original description (of Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876) Nelson, E. W. (1876). A partial catalogue of the fishes of Illinois. <em>Bulletin of the Illinois Museum of Natural Histor.</em> v. 1 (no. 1): 33-52. [details]
basis of record 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., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus ricei)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus onychus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Uranidea pollicaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus pollicaris (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (57 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus ricei)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus onychus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)
To FishBase (from synonym Uranidea pollicaris Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus pollicaris (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 33 proteins) (from synonym Cottopsis ricei Nelson, 1876)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
