Cottoidei

Cottoidei was first proposed as a taxonomic grouping in 1835 by the Swiss-American zoologist Louis Agassiz. Presently, ''Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes'' keeps it as a suborder of Perciformes. ==Subdivisions==

The Cottoidei is divided into the following superfamilies, families and subfamilies: • Family Anoplopomatidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Sablefishes) • Superfamily Zaniolepidoidea Shinohara, 1994 • Family Zaniolepididae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Combfishes) • Superfamily Hexagrammoidea Shinohara, 1994 • Family Trichodontidae Bleeker, 1859 (Sandfishes) • Superfamily Cottoidea Gill, 1889 • Family Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (Grunt sculpins) • Family Jordaniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (Longfin sculpins) (=Scorpaenichthyidae) • Family Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831 (Sculpins) • Family Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861 (Bighead sculpins) (=Bathylutichthyidae) • Family Nautichthyidae Taranetz, 1941 (sailfin sculpins) • Family Hemilepidotidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (Irish lords) • Family Cyclopteridae Bonaparte, 1831 (lumpfishes or lumpsuckers) • Subfamily Cyclopterinae Bonaparte, 1831 (lumpsuckers) • Subfamily Liparopsinae Garman, 1892 (smooth lumpsuckers) • Subfamily Eumicrotreminae Oku, Imamura & Yabe, 2017 (spiny lumpsuckers) • Family Liparidae Gill, 1861 (Snailfishes) ==References==