Cedar sculpin

Cedar sculpin
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. schitsuumsh
Binomial name
Cottus schitsuumsh M. Lemoine, M. K. Young, McKelvey, L. Eby, K. L. Pilgrim & M. K. Schwartz, 2014

The Cedar sculpin (Cottus schitsuumsh) is a small, large-headed species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species 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. ^{[2] [3]} It is a common species of streams with cobble and gravel bottoms and cool to cold water. ^[4]

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
2. 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.
3. Zuckerman, L. (2014). "New big-headed fish species discovered in Idaho and Montana rivers". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-06-30.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus schitsuumsh". FishBase . August 2022 version.