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Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
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Slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)


Description Slimy Sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
Date 1927-1940
Source http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/fish.html
Author Ellen Edmonson and Hugh Chrisp
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cottus_cognatus.jpg

The slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus, is a freshwater species of fish belonging to the family Cottidae, which is the largest sculpin family. They usually inhabit cold rocky streams or lakes across North America, ranging from the Great Lakes, southeast Minnesota, northeast Iowa, southwest Wisconsin and northeast Canada. Slimy sculpins have also been found roaming the cold streams of eastern Siberia. They are commonly confused with their closely related relatives, Mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdi), and with tubenose gobys who are both freshwater fishes as well. The slimy sculpin is a nocturnal fish that usually spends most of its time on the stream bottom and seeks shelter under rocks and logs, especially during spawning season. When it swims, it sometimes appears to be “hopping” along the bottom because of its inefficient ability to swim. This is partly due to the absence of a swim bladder, which normally gives buoyancy to a fish. Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Cottidae.

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