Cedar sculpin
Appearance
Cedar sculpin | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 cottid that 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]
References
- ^ 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.