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Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836

159512  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159512)

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Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details]   
Distribution North America: throughout most of mainland Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope drainages south to Potomac River in Virginia,...  
Distribution North America: throughout most of mainland Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope drainages south to Potomac River in Virginia, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes basin; upper Mississippi River basin in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, USA; upper Columbia River drainage in Canada and USA; also in Siberia, Russia [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159512 on 2024-03-28
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original description Richardson, J. (1836). The Fish. In: Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under the command of Sir John Franklin, R.N. <em>J. Bentley, London.</em> Part 3: i-xv + 1-327, Pls. 74-97. [Reference was incorrectly given as 1837; correct date is 1836 (WNE June 12, 2015).]. [details]   

original description  (of Cottus gracilis Heckel, 1837) Heckel, J. J. (1837). Ichthyologische Beiträge zu den Familien der Cottoiden, Scorpaenoiden, Gobioiden und Cyprinoiden. <em>Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840): 143-164, Pls. 8-9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41200278 [details]   

original description  (of Cottus franklini Agassiz, 1850) Agassiz, L. (1850). Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. By Louis Agassiz. With a narrative of the tour, by J. Elliot Cabot. And contributions by other scientific gentlemen. <em>Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, Boston.</em> i-x + 9-428, frontispiece + Pls. 1-16. [details]   

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]   

additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002.  [details]   

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]  OpenAccess publication 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diet Feeds mostly on aquatic insect larvae and nymphs but also on crustaceans, small fishes, and plant materials  [details]

Distribution North America: throughout most of mainland Canada and Alaska; Atlantic Slope drainages south to Potomac River in Virginia, USA; St. Lawrence-Great Lakes basin; upper Mississippi River basin in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, USA; upper Columbia River drainage in Canada and USA; also in Siberia, Russia [details]

Habitat benthic [details]

Habitat Inhabits rocky riffles of cold streams, rocky areas of lakes (commonly at 90-106 m depth), springs and their effluents. [details]

Importance Social- show aquarium [details]

Reproduction presumably moving to and from fresh water, at least for spawning  [details]
LanguageName 
English slimy sculpin  [details]
French chabot visqueux  [details]