WoRMS taxon details
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]
From other sources
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]
To Barcode of Life (105 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (114 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Uranidea boleoides (Girard, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cottus boleoides Girard, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Uranidea hoyi Putnam, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Cottus franklini Agassiz, 1850)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Cottus philonips Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Cottus formosus Girard, 1851)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (26 publications) (from synonym Uranidea franklini (Agassiz, 1850))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Uranidea formosa (Girard, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Cottus chamberlaini Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications) (from synonym Uranidea quiescens DeKay, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Uranidea gracilis (Heckel, 1837))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (70 publications) (from synonym Cottus gracilis Heckel, 1837)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cottus cognatus)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus boleoides Girard, 1850)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus formosus Girard, 1851)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus franklini Agassiz, 1850)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus gracilis Heckel, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus kaganowskii Berg, 1932)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cottus philonips Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1892)
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea formosa (Girard, 1851))
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea boleoides (Girard, 1850))
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea quiescens DeKay, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea franklini (Agassiz, 1850))
To Fishbase (from synonym Uranidea hoyi Putnam, 1876)
To FishBase images (Cottus cognatus, by Scarola, J.F.)
To GenBank (171 nucleotides; 179 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus chamberlaini P03699 illustration) (from synonym Cottus chamberlaini Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus chamberlaini P03699 illustration) (from synonym Cottus chamberlaini Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus gracilis P03701 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cottus gracilis P03701 illustration)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources
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