European bullhead

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iEuropean bullhead
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Conservation status

Least concern (LR/lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species: C. gobio
Binomial name
Cottus gobio
Linnaeus, 1758

The European bullhead, Cottus gobio, is a fish of the Cottidae family that is widely distributed in Europe. It is a type of sculpin and has two alternative names: miller's thumb and tommy logge.

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