Cedar_sculpin

Cedar sculpin

Cedar sculpin

Species of fish

The Cedar sculpin (Cottus schitsuumsh) is a small, large-headed species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe rivers in northern Idaho, and in a stretch of the Clark Fork river in western Montana.[1][2] It is a common species of streams with cobble and gravel bottoms and cool to cold water.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Lemoine, M.; Young, M.K.; McKelvey, K.S.; Eby, L.; Pilgrim, K.L. & Schwartz, Michael K. (2014). "Cottus schitsuumsh, a new species of sculpin (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) in the Columbia River basin, Idaho-Montana, USA" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3755 (3): 241–25. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.3. PMID 24869819.
  2. [2]
    Zuckerman, L. (2014). "New big-headed fish species discovered in Idaho and Montana rivers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Cottus schitsuumsh" in FishBase. August 2022 version.


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