Pygmy sculpin (Cottus paulus)

Scientific name: Cottus paulus Williams, 2000

Pygmy sculpin (Cottus paulus)

The Pygmy sculpin (Cottus paulus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cottidae. Native range: North America, known only from Coldwater Spring (Coosa River system), Calhoun County in Alabama, USA.

Species facts

Scientific name
Cottus paulus
Family
Cottidae (Sculpins)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
4.5
Common length
3.0
Environment
Freshwater; demersal
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
North America: known only from Coldwater Spring (Coosa River system), Calhoun County in Alabama, USA.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Critically Endangered (CR) (B1+2a)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest; bait:
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tmax=2)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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