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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Cottus: Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335); rhotheus: rhotheus -- rushing of the torrent, referring to habitat (Ref. 1998).

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Freshwater; demersal. Temperate; 52°N - 42°N

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North America: upper Fraser River drainage in British Columbia in Canada to Nehalem River in Oregon, USA (including Columbia River drainage of British Columbia in Canada, and Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon in the USA).

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1998); common length : 6.8 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12193)

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Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-18; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14

Inhabits rubble and gravel riffles of rivers and rocky lake shores. Individuals up to 5 cm feed on planktonic crustaceans and aquatic insect larvae especially that of midges and mayflies (Ref. 1998). Larger sculpins feed on minnows and other fishes (Ref. 1998). Possibly spawns in June (Ref. 1998).

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Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 November 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00346 - 0.02636), b=3.09 (2.85 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Subfamily-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.45 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec=448).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cottus rhotheus (Smith, 1882)