Cedar sculpin

Cedar sculpin

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. schitsuumsh
Binomial name
Cottus schitsuumsh
M. Lemoine, M. K. Young, McKelvey, L. Eby, K. L. Pilgrim & M. K. Schwartz, 2014

The Cedar sculpin (Cottus schitsuumsh) is a small, large-headed species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe rivers in northern Idaho, and in a stretch of the Clark Fork river in western Montana. It is a common species of streams with cobble and gravel bottoms and cool to cold water.