WoRMS taxon details
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
578660 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:578660)
accepted
Species
Cottopsis semiscaber Cope, 1872 · unaccepted
Cottus bairdi Girard, 1850 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Cottus bairdii kumlieni (Hoy, 1876) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cottus bairdii punctulatus (Gill, 1861) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cottus bairdii semiscaber (Cope, 1872) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Cottus hubbsi bairdii Girard, 1850 · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Cottus ictalops (Rafinesque, 1820) · unaccepted
Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Cottus punctulatus (Gill, 1861) · unaccepted
Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cottus semiscaber (Cope, 1872) · unaccepted
Pegedictis ictalops Rafinesque, 1820 · unaccepted
Potamocottus punctulatus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted
Uranidea kumlieni Hoy, 1876 · unaccepted (synonym)
Uranidea richardsoni (Agassiz, 1850) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Girard, C. F. (1850). A monograph of the freshwater Cottus of North America. <em>Proceedings of AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2nd meeting,.</em> 1849: 409-411. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578660 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
Girard, C. F. (1850). A monograph of the freshwater Cottus of North America. <em>Proceedings of AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2nd meeting,.</em> 1849: 409-411. [details]
original description (of Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850) Girard, C. F. (1850). A monograph of the freshwater Cottus of North America. <em>Proceedings of AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2nd meeting,.</em> 1849: 409-411. [details]
original description (of Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29144 [details]
original description (of Potamocottus punctulatus Gill, 1861) Gill, T. N. (1861). Observations on the genus Cottus, and descriptions of two new species (abridged from the forthcoming report of Capt. J. H. Simpson). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> v. 8 (1861-1862): 40-42. [details]
original description (of Cottopsis semiscaber Cope, 1872) Cope, E. D. (1872). Report on the recent reptiles and fishes of the survey, collected by Campbell Carrington and C. M. <em>U. S. Geological Survey Territitories Annual Report.</em> v. 5 (pt 4): 467-476.
page(s): 476 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850) Girard, C. F. (1850). A monograph of the freshwater Cottus of North America. <em>Proceedings of AAAS (The American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2nd meeting,.</em> 1849: 409-411. [details]
original description (of Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.29144 [details]
original description (of Potamocottus punctulatus Gill, 1861) Gill, T. N. (1861). Observations on the genus Cottus, and descriptions of two new species (abridged from the forthcoming report of Capt. J. H. Simpson). <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> v. 8 (1861-1862): 40-42. [details]
original description (of Cottopsis semiscaber Cope, 1872) Cope, E. D. (1872). Report on the recent reptiles and fishes of the survey, collected by Campbell Carrington and C. M. <em>U. S. Geological Survey Territitories Annual Report.</em> v. 5 (pt 4): 467-476.
page(s): 476 [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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 (91 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii bairdii) (from synonym Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii kumlieni) (from synonym Cottus bairdii kumlieni (Hoy, 1876))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii punctulatus) (from synonym Cottus bairdii punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii semiscaber) (from synonym Cottus bairdii semiscaber (Cope, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii)
To FishBase (from synonym Uranidea kumlieni Hoy, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pegedictis ictalops Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus ictalops (Rafinesque, 1820))
To Fishbase (from synonym Potamocottus punctulatus Gill, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea richardsoni (Agassiz, 1850))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 153 proteins)
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdi Girard, 1850)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii kumlieni (Hoy, 1876))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii semiscaber (Cope, 1872))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus bairdii RAD112108-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus bairdii RAD112108-001)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii bairdii) (from synonym Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii kumlieni) (from synonym Cottus bairdii kumlieni (Hoy, 1876))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii punctulatus) (from synonym Cottus bairdii punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii semiscaber) (from synonym Cottus bairdii semiscaber (Cope, 1872))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus bairdii)
To FishBase (from synonym Uranidea kumlieni Hoy, 1876)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus meridionalis Girard, 1850)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus richardsoni Agassiz, 1850)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pegedictis ictalops Rafinesque, 1820)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus ictalops (Rafinesque, 1820))
To Fishbase (from synonym Potamocottus punctulatus Gill, 1861)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea richardsoni (Agassiz, 1850))
To FishSounds
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 153 proteins)
To GenBank (138 nucleotides; 153 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdi Girard, 1850)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii kumlieni (Hoy, 1876))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii semiscaber (Cope, 1872))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Cottus punctulatus (Gill, 1861))
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus bairdii RAD112108-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus bairdii RAD112108-001)
To ITIS
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