Cottus rondeleti
Cottus rondeleti is a species of freshwater cottid fish that is only found in the coastal Hérault drainage of Southern France. The total known distribution comprises three distinct short stretches of stream, and the species considered critically endangered because of threat of drought that is promoted by water extraction and potentially by climate change.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. rondeleti |
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The species is related to other European sculpins in the Cottus gobio complex (European bullheads), and was separated from them in 2005.
See also
References
- NatureServe (2013). "Cottus rondeleti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Freyhof, J., M. Kottelat and A. Nolte, 2005. Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(2):107-172.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Cottus rondeleti" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
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