| Cedar sculpin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. schitsuumsh
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| Binomial name | |
| Cottus schitsuumsh | |
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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus schitsuumsh". FishBase. August 2022 version.