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Cottus rhotheus (Torrent sculpin)

Synonyms: Cottus rhothea; Uranidea rhothea
Language: French; Mandarin Chinese

Attributes

Adult Length [1]  6 inches (16 cm)
Brood Dispersal [1]  In a nest
Brood Egg Substrate [1]  Speleophils (rock cavity)
Brood Guarder [1]  Yes
Litter Size [1]  448
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Diet [2]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [1]  2 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
H.J. Andrews Biosphere Reserve 15815 Oregon, United States
Kootenay National Park II 341762 British Columbia, Canada
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Yoho National Park II 317576 British Columbia, Canada

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Neoechinorhynchus rutili[3]
Pomphorhynchus bulbocolli[3]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0