Cottus rondeleti

Cottus rondeleti is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to the coastal Hérault drainage of Southern France. The total known distribution comprises three distinct short stretches of stream, and the species considered critically endangered because of threat of drought that is promoted by water extraction and potentially by climate change.

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

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.^[2] The specific name honours Guillaume Rondelet, a pioneer of European ichthyology.^[3]

See also

• Cottus petiti

References

1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Cottus rondeleti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135648A4170323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135648A4170323.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. 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.
3. 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 20 January 2023.

• Freyhof, J., M. Kottelat and A. Nolte, 2005. Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 16(2):107-172.
• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Cottus rondeleti". FishBase.