Cedar sculpin

Cedar sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. schitsuumsh
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]

  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. ^ 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. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus schitsuumsh". FishBase. August 2022 version.