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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| name = Columbia sculpin
| image =
| image =
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name = IUCN>{{IUCN | id = 202662| taxon = ''Cottus hubbsi''| assessor = NatureServe| assessor-link = NatureServe| assessment_year = 2013| version = 2014.3| accessdate = 30 January 2015}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = NatureServe | title = ''Cottus hubbsi'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] |page = e.T202662A15364429 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2013 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/202662/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202662A15364429.en | access-date = 13 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref>
| regnum = [[Animalia]]
| taxon = Cottus hubbsi
| authority = [[Reeve Maclaren Bailey|R. M. Bailey]] and [[Mary Fitzgibbon Dimick|Dimick]], 1949
| phylum = [[Chordata]]
| synonyms =
| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]
}}
| ordo = [[Scorpaeniformes]]
| familia = [[Cottidae]]
| genus = ''[[Cottus (genus)|Cottus]]''
| species = '''''C. hubbsi'''''
| binomial = ''Cottus hubbsi''
| binomial_authority = Bailey and Dimick, 1949
| synonyms = }}


The '''Columbia sculpin''' (''Cottus hubbsi'') is a species of [[fish]] in the [[Cottidae]] family. It is found in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], inhabiting the [[Columbia River]] drainage and [[Harney Basin]] in [[Oregon]], [[British Columbia]], [[Idaho]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[Nevada]]. It reaches a maximum length of 11.2&nbsp;cm.<ref>{{FishBase species |genus= Cottus|species= hubbsi| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref> It prefers rocky riffles of headwaters and creeks.
The '''Columbia sculpin''' ('''''Cottus hubbsi''''') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Cottidae]]. It is found in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], inhabiting the [[Columbia River]] drainage and [[Harney Basin]] in [[Oregon]], [[British Columbia]], [[Idaho]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], and [[Nevada]]. It reaches a maximum length of 11.2&nbsp;cm.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Cottus|species= hubbsi| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref> It prefers rocky riffles of headwaters and creeks.

==Taxonomy==
The Columbia sculpin was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 1949 by [[Reeve Maclaren Bailey]] and [[Mary Fitzgibbon Dimick]] with the [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the [[Entiat River]] in [[Chelan County, Washington]].<ref name = CofF>{{Cof genus|genus=Cottus|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref> This species is classified by some authorities in the [[subgenus]] '' Uranidea''. The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]] honors the American [[ichthyologist]] [[Carl Leavitt Hubbs]] who first recognized this taxon as new.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/perciformes20/ | title = Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins) | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1= Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp |date = 22 October 2022 | access-date = 18 January 2023 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 23:55, 17 January 2024

Columbia sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. hubbsi
Binomial name
Cottus hubbsi

The Columbia sculpin (Cottus hubbsi) is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is found in the United States and Canada, inhabiting the Columbia River drainage and Harney Basin in Oregon, British Columbia, Idaho, Washington, and Nevada. It reaches a maximum length of 11.2 cm.[2] It prefers rocky riffles of headwaters and creeks.

Taxonomy

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The Columbia sculpin was first formally described in 1949 by Reeve Maclaren Bailey and Mary Fitzgibbon Dimick with the type locality given as the Entiat River in Chelan County, Washington.[3] This species is classified by some authorities in the subgenus Uranidea. The specific name honors the American ichthyologist Carl Leavitt Hubbs who first recognized this taxon as new.[4]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cottus hubbsi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN: e.T202662A15364429. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202662A15364429.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus hubbsi". FishBase. February 2014 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.