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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Pit sculpin
| image =
| image =
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = NatureServe | title = ''Cottus pitensis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | volume = 2013 | page = e.T184085A15362901 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2013 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/184085/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184085A15362901.en | access-date = 15 January 2018}}</ref>
| status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{Cite journal | author = NatureServe | title = ''Cottus pitensis'' | journal = [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]] | page = e.T184085A15362901 | publisher = [[IUCN]] | date = 2013 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/184085/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184085A15362901.en | access-date = 15 January 2018| doi-access = free }}</ref>
| genus = Cottus
| taxon = Cottus pitensis
| species = pitensis
| authority = [[Reeve Maclaren Bailey|R. M. Bailey]] & C. E. Bond, 1963
| authority = [[Reeve Maclaren Bailey|R. M. Bailey]] & C. E. Bond, 1963
| synonyms =
| synonyms =
}}
}}

The '''Pit sculpin''' (''Cottus pitensis'') is a species of [[fish]] in the family [[Cottidae]]. It is found in the [[United States]], inhabiting the [[Pit River|Pit]] and upper [[Sacramento River]] systems in [[Oregon]] and [[California]]. It reaches a maximum length of 13.0&nbsp;cm.<ref>{{FishBase species |genus= Cottus|species= pitensis| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref> It prefers rubble and gravel riffles.
The '''Pit sculpin''' ('''''Cottus pitensis''''') is a species of freshwater [[ray-finned fish]] belonging to the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Cottidae]], the typical sculpins. It is found in the [[United States]], inhabiting the [[Pit River|Pit]] and upper [[Sacramento River]] systems in [[Oregon]] and [[California]]. It reaches a maximum length of 13.0&nbsp;cm.<ref>{{FishBase |genus= Cottus|species= pitensis| month = February | year = 2014}}</ref> It prefers rubble and gravel riffles.


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[[Category:Fish described in 1963]]
[[Category:Fish described in 1963]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Reeve Maclaren Bailey]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Reeve Maclaren Bailey]]



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Latest revision as of 00:12, 30 January 2024

Pit sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. pitensis
Binomial name
Cottus pitensis
R. M. Bailey & C. E. Bond, 1963

The Pit sculpin (Cottus pitensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the United States, inhabiting the Pit and upper Sacramento River systems in Oregon and California. It reaches a maximum length of 13.0 cm.[2] It prefers rubble and gravel riffles.

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2013). "Cottus pitensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN: e.T184085A15362901. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T184085A15362901.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus pitensis". FishBase. February 2014 version.