Cottus girardi [SEP] IUCN conservation status
live in streams with faster currents. "C. girardi" juveniles tend to live in streams with minimal current.
Behavior.
The sculpin is a carnivore. It consumes copepods, mayflies nymphs and chironomids. "Cottus girardi" also occasionally consumes other species of fish.
The fish reproduces through spawning. They are believed to spawn in early spring or late winter.
Conservation status.
This sculpin is considered to be of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature because it has a large natural range
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- "Cottus chattahoochee" (Chattahoochee sculpin)
- "Cottus cognatus" (Slimy sculpin)
- "Cottus confusus" (Shorthead sculpin)
- "Cottus czerskii" (Cherskii's sculpin)
- "Cottus duranii"
- "Cottus dzungaricus"
- "Cottus echinatus" (Utah Lake sculpin)
- "Cottus extensus" (Bear Lake sculpin)
- "Cottus girardi" (Potomac sculpin)
- "Cottus gobio" (European bullhead)
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