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Cottidae
Kanawha Sculpin
Cottus kanawhae
Eleven Centimeters Cottid Fish
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallKanawha Sculpin is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 11 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Cottus
- Maximum length
- 11 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: Virginia and West Virginia, USA. Cottus kanawhae prefers the rocky areas of limestone streams and, like C. carolinae , abounds in cave streams. Restriction of habitat during the breeding season, if any, is unknown. During other seasons, there are no obvious ecological distinctions between C. kanawhae and C. b. bairdii .
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
