Cottus rhenanus, Chabot de Rhénanie

Cottus rhenanus Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005

Chabot de Rhénanie
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Cottus: Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335); rhenanus: Rhenanus of the Rhine (Latin: Rhenus).
More on authors: Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Europe: streams of Rhine and Meuse drainages, in Rhine extending upriver (southwards) to about Mannheim, including tributaries of River Main and Neckar in Germany.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 89113)

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Anal soft rays: 11 - 14. Differs from other species of Cottus in North Sea basin by the combination of the following characters, none of them unique: no distinct transverse bands on pelvic fin; prickling on body absent or only under pectoral fin; base of first dorsal fin with faint black blotches at anterior and posterior extremities; depth of caudal peduncle 26-31% HL; lateral line complete; and unique molecular markers (Ref. 55856).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits small, cold streams with gravel bottom (Ref. 59043).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Keith, P., H. Persat, E. Feunteun and J. Allardi, 2011. Les poissons d'eau douce de France. Biotope, Mèze; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris (collection Inventaires et biodiversité), 552 p. (Ref. 89113)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 August 2023

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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