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Cottus specus Adams & Burr, 2013

Grotto sculpin
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Common names: Grotto sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in in tributaries of the Bois Brule River drainage including Cinque Hommes Creek and Blue Spring (which is the resurgence stream for the Moore Cave system) and has never been collected in the Bois Brule mainstem. These caves and the surface streams are direct tributaries of the Mississippi River through the Bois Brule River (Ref. 92978).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Adams, G.L., B.M. Burr, J.L. Day and D.E. Starkey, 2013
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Cottus: Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335);  specus: The specific epithet 'specus' means a cave or cavern, in reference to the primary habitat in caves..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate

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