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Cottidae
Torrent sculpin
Cottus rhotheus
Hunting larvae in gravel rapids
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- North America
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumTorrent sculpin is known around North America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the largest recorded length is 15.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Cottus
- Maximum length
- 15.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- North America: upper Fraser River drainage in British Columbia in Canada to Nehalem River in Oregon, USA (including Columbia River drainage of British Columbia in Canada, and Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon in the USA).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
Conservation status
