Columbia sculpin

Columbia sculpin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Cottidae
Genus:Cottus
Species: C. hubbsi
Binomial name
Cottus hubbsi
Bailey and Dimick, 1949

The Columbia sculpin (Cottus hubbsi) is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is found in the United States and Canada, inhabiting the Columbia River drainage and Harney Basin in Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, and Nevada. It reaches a maximum length of 11.2 cm.[2] It prefers rocky riffles of headwaters and creeks.

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cottus hubbsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2013: e.T202662A15364429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202662A15364429.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cottus hubbsi" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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