Species: Cottus marginatus
Margined Sculpin
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Cottidae
Genus
Cottus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Scorpaeniformes - Cottidae - Cottus - Formerly included in the order Perciformes; the 1991 AFS checklist (Robins et al. 1991) followed Nelson (1984) in recognizing the order Scorpaeniformes as distinct from the Perciformes.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A small fish (sculpin).
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
No information available, but most other sculpin species feed on benthic invertebrates.
Reproduction Comments
Probably spawns in the spring like most other sculpins.
Ecology Comments
In Oregon, found in association with rainbow trout, speckled dace, longnose dace, etc.
Length
13
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G3
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-05-12
Global Status Last Changed
1996-09-06
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
E - 5000-20,000 square km (about 2000-8000 square miles) - E - Range includes the Columbia River drainage from the Walla Walla River system, Washington, to the Umatilla River system, Oregon (Page and Burr 2011).
Global Range Code
E
Global Range Description
5000-20,000 square km (about 2000-8000 square miles)