European bullhead
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| Bullhead | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. gobio |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The bullhead[1][2][3] (Cottus gobio) is a freshwater fish that is widely distributed in Europe, mainly in rivers. It is a member of the Cottidae family, a type of sculpin. It is also known as the miller's thumb, freshwater sculpin, common bullhead or European bullhead.[2][3]
The bullhead is a small demersal fish that lives both in cold, clear, fast-slowing small streams and in middle-sized rivers. It also occurs on gravelly shores of cold lakes. Further, it thrives in diluted brackish water of the Northern Baltic Sea.[2] Its food items include benthic insects and crustaceans.[2] On reproduction, it attaches its eggs in clumps on undersides of large stones.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cottus gobio IUCN Red List 2009
- ^ a b c d e Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2005). "Cottus gobio" in FishBase. 10 2005 version.
- ^ a b "Cottus gobio". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=167255. Retrieved 24 January 2006.
[edit] External links
- Tomlinson ML & Perrow MR (2003). Ecology of the Bullhead Cottus gobio. Conserving Natura 2000 Rivers Ecology Series No. 4. English Nature, Peterborough.
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