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'''''Cottus petiti''''', also called the ''Chabot du Lez'', is a species of freshwater [[sculpin]], a [[fish]] in the [[Cottidae]] family.<ref name=crivelli>Crivelli, A.J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/5447/all Cottus petiti]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org |date=June 27, 2014 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2007.</ref> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[France]], found only in a small 3&nbsp;km stretch of the [[Lez River]] in Southern France near [[Montpellier]].<ref name=crivelli/> The natural [[habitat]] is fed by [[karstic spring]]s which may have enabled the isolated survival or the population through geoglogical history. Now the species may be threatened by [[habitat loss]]. The males of this species are typically 56&nbsp;mm in length.
'''''Cottus petiti''''', also called the ''Chabot du Lez'', is a species of freshwater [[sculpin]], a [[fish]] in the [[Cottidae]] family.<ref name=crivelli>Crivelli, A.J. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/5447/all Cottus petiti]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627000000/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |date=June 27, 2014 }}. Retrieved August 4, 2007.</ref> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[France]], found only in a small 3&nbsp;km stretch of the [[Lez River]] in Southern France near [[Montpellier]].<ref name=crivelli/> The natural [[habitat]] is fed by [[karstic spring]]s which may have enabled the isolated survival or the population through geoglogical history. Now the species may be threatened by [[habitat loss]]. The males of this species are typically 56&nbsp;mm in length.


It is part of the ''[[Cottus gobio]]'' complex, and genetically very close to ''C. gobio''.<ref name=crivelli/>
It is part of the ''[[Cottus gobio]]'' complex, and genetically very close to ''C. gobio''.<ref name=crivelli/>

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Cottus petiti
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C. petiti
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Cottus petiti

Cottus petiti, also called the Chabot du Lez, is a species of freshwater sculpin, a fish in the Cottidae family.[1] It is endemic to France, found only in a small 3 km stretch of the Lez River in Southern France near Montpellier.[1] The natural habitat is fed by karstic springs which may have enabled the isolated survival or the population through geoglogical history. Now the species may be threatened by habitat loss. The males of this species are typically 56 mm in length.

It is part of the Cottus gobio complex, and genetically very close to C. gobio.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Cottus petiti. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus petiti". FishBase.