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Tallapoosa sculpin
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species: C. tallapoosae
Binomial name
Cottus tallapoosae
Neely, J. D. Williams & Mayden, 2007

The Tallapoosa sculpin (Cottus tallapoosae) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the United States in the Tallapoosa River drainage above the Fall Line in east central Alabama and west-central Georgia. It reaches a maximum length of 7.7 cm. It prefers rocky shoals and riffles of small upland streams.

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cottus tallapoosae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. IUCN: e.T202669A15362627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T202669A15362627.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus tallapoosae". FishBase. February 2014 version.
Taxon identifiers
Cottus tallapoosae


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