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Cottidae
Riffle sculpin
Cottus gulosus
Eleven Centimeters Cottid Fish from North American Waters
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Pacific Ocean
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallRiffle sculpin is a freshwater fish from North America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 11 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Cottus
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Pacific Slope drainages from lower Columbia River drainage in Washington to Morro Bay in California (including Sacramento-San Joaquin River drainage except upper Pit River), USA; absent in Rogue and Klamath River drainages in southern Oregon and northern California.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
