Baltic sculpin
| Baltic sculpin | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. microstomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottus microstomus Heckel, 1837 | |
The Baltic sculpin[1] (Cottus microstomus) is a species of sculpin, a European freshwater fish in the Cottidae family. It is widespread in the Dniester drainage (Black Sea basin), Odra and Vistula drainages (southern Baltic basin), most likely extending further east to Gulf of Finland.[2] It is part of the wider European Cottus gobio complex, and possibly makes hybrid zones with Cottus gobio (European bullhead) and Cottus koshewnikowi.[3] It is a demersal fish, up to 10.1 cm long.
References
- ↑ Baltic sculpin (Cottus microstomus) at EOL
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Gobio microstomus" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Cottus microstomus at IUCN. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.
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