Shoshone sculpin

The Shoshone sculpin (Cottus greenei) is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is endemic to the United States. It inhabits spring systems in the Thousand Springs formation near Hagerman, south-central Idaho. It reaches a maximum length of 9.0 cm.[2]

Shoshone sculpin

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. greenei
Binomial name
Cottus greenei
(C. H. Gilbert & Culver, 1898)

References

  1. NatureServe (2016). "Cottus greenei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cottus greenei" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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