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Cottus transsilvaniae

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Cottus transsilvaniae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. transsilvaniae
Binomial name
Cottus transsilvaniae

Cottus transsilvaniae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to Romania in the upper Arges River in the Danube drainage. It reaches a maximum length of 9.7 cm.[2] It prefers rocky shoals and riffles of small upland streams. his species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.[3] The specific name transsilvaniae means “of Transsilvania”, the Latin name of the Transylvania.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Cottus transsilvaniae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135520A4136882. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135520A4136882.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus transsilvaniae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. ^ Jörg Freyhof; Maurice Kottelat; and Arne Nolte (2005). "Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 16: 107–172.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 January 2023.