Cottus_scaturigo

<i>Cottus scaturigo</i>

Cottus scaturigo

Species of fish

Cottus scaturigo, the Timavo sculpin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to the Timavo Spring in Italy. This species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.[2] However, the Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a synonym of Cottus metae,[3] although FishBase treats it as a separate species.[4] The specific name scaturigo means “spouting water”, i.e. a spring, an allusion to the Timavo Spring.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Cottus scaturigo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135589A4154288. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135589A4154288.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Jörg Freyhof; Maurice Kottelat; and Arne Nolte (2005). "Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 16: 107–172.
  3. [3]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  4. [4]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Cottus scaturigo" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  5. [5]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.


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