Pygmy sculpin

Pygmy sculpin
Pygmy sculpin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species: C. paulus
Binomial name
Cottus paulus
Williams, 2000
Synonyms [1]

Cottus pygmaeus Williams, 1968

The pygmy sculpin, Cottus paulus, formerly Cottus pygmaeus, is a species of fish in the Cottidae family. It is endemic to Alabama in the United States.

This fish produces sounds during courtship and conflict.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Cottus paulus. 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ Kierl, N. C. and C. E. Johnston. (2010). Sound production in the pygmy sculpin Cottus paulus (Cottidae) during courtship and agonistic behaviours. Journal of Fish Biology 77(6) 1268.


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