Cottus koshewnikowi

Cottus koshewnikowi is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It inhabits the upper Volga drainage and northern and eastern Gulf of Bothnia from Estonia eastward and northward to Finland and northern Sweden. It reaches a maximum length of 10.0 cm.[2] It prefers medium-sized rivers to small streams, and lake shores.

Cottus koshewnikowi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cottus
Species:
C. koshewnikowi
Binomial name
Cottus koshewnikowi
Gratzianov, 1907
Synonyms

Cottus gobio milvensis
Cottus gobio milviensis

References

  1. NatureServe (2013). "Cottus koshewnikowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Cottus koshewnikowi" in FishBase. February 2014 version.


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