The scientific family name for sculpins, a diverse group of fish found worldwide with large heads and venomous or spiny fins.
From Latin cottus (fish) + -idae (Linnaean suffix for biological families). Established in scientific taxonomy to formally classify this distinct fish group.
Cottidae contains some of the ocean's toughest fish—some species can live in Arctic water, and they're so ugly-cute that Japanese restaurants have special dishes featuring them!
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