cottus

[Mod. Lat. cottus, from Gr. kottos = a river fish, probably the Bull-head, Cottos gobio (see def.); from kotte, kottis the cerebellum.] Ichthy.: A genus of fishes, by some made the type of a family Cottide, by others placed under the Triglidæor Gurnards. The head is large, depre ed, furnished with spines or tubercles; there are teeth in front of the vomer and in both jaws, none on the palatines; there are two dorsal fins; the anal fin is small; the body is without scales; the branch ios teg ous rays six the Yarrell Be numerates four fpecies: Cottus gobio, the River Bull-head, Miller's Thumb, or Tommy Logge; C. scorpius , the Sea Scorpion or Short-spined Cottus; C. bubalis , the Father Lasher or Long-spined Cottus; and C. quad ricornis, the Four-horned Cottus. In this country there are several representatives of the species which see. called indifferently bull-head and catfish, each of