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Cottidae
Blue Ridge sculpin
Cottus caeruleomentum
Fish Reaching Six Point Three Centimeters in North American Waters
- Black
- Blue
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Fusiform
- Small
- Temperate fish
Black
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
SmallBlue Ridge sculpin is known from North America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Cottus
- Maximum length
- 6.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North America: Atlantic drainages including the Elk, Susquehanna, Bush, Patapsco, Patuxent, Potomac, Nanticoke, James and Roanoke.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
