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Lez Sculpin

Cottus petiti

Classification

Family
Cottidae

Cottus petiti, also called the chabot du Lez in French, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to France, found only in a small 3 km stretch of the river Lez in Southern France near Montpellier. The natural habitat is fed by karstic springs which may have enabled the isolated survival of the population through geological history.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 312