Cedar sculpin
| Cedar sculpin | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. schitsuumsh |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottus schitsuumsh Lemoine, Young, McKelvey, Eby, Pilgrim & Schwartz, 2014 | |
Cottus schitsuumsh also known as the Cedar sculpin 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.
- ↑ Zuckerman, L. (2014). "New big-headed fish species discovered in Idaho and Montana rivers". Reuters.