Cottus scaturigo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cottidae |
Genus: | Cottus |
Species: | C. scaturigo
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Binomial name | |
Cottus scaturigo |
Cottus scaturigo, the Timavo sculpin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to the Timavo Spring in Italy. This species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte. [2] However, the Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a synonym of Cottus metae, [3] although FishBase treats it as a separate species. [4] The specific name scaturigo means “spouting water”, i.e. a spring, an allusion to the Timavo Spring. [5]