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Spoonhead Sculpin

Cottus ricei

Classification

Family
Cottidae

The spoonhead sculpin (Cottus ricei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is widespread in northeastern North America. Taxonomy The spoonhead sculpin was first formally described as Cottopsis ricei by the American naturalist and ethnologist Edward William Nelson with its type locality given as Lake Michigan near Evanston in Cook County, Illinois.

Distribution

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