Cottus duranii

Cottus duranii, the Dordogne sculpin or Chabot d’Auvergne, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in France. It inhabits the Loire and Dordogne river drainages. It reaches a maximum length of 10.0 cm.^[2] It prefers streams with clear, cool, moderate to swift water and stone substrate. This species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.^[3] The specific name durani means “of Duranius”, the Latin name of the River Dordogne.^[4]

Cottus duranii
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. duranii
Binomial name
Cottus duranii Freyhof, Kottelat and Nolte, 2005

References

1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Cottus duranii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135576A4150542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135576A4150542.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus duranii". FishBase. February 2014 version.
3. Jörg Freyhof; Maurice Kottelat; and Arne Nolte (2005). "Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 16: 107–172.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.