Shoshone sculpin

The Shoshone sculpin (Cottus greenei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is It is endemic to the United States. It inhabits spring systems in the Thousand Springs formation near Hagerman, south-central Idaho. It reaches a maximum length of 9.0 cm.^[2] The specific name honors Charles Wilson Greene who was an instructor in physiology at Stanford University and was on the expedition on which the type was collected^[3] from the Thousand Springs on the Snake River, near mouth of Salmon Falls River in Gooding County, Idaho.^[4]

Shoshone sculpin
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. greenei
Binomial name
Cottus greenei (C. H. Gilbert & Culver, 1898)
Synonyms
Uranidea greenei Gilbert & Culver, 1898

References

1. NatureServe (2014). "Cottus greenei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T5440A15363453. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T5440A15363453.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cottus greenei". FishBase. February 2014 version.
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 18 January 2023.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 January 2023.