Cottus transsilvaniae

Cottus transsilvaniae is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to Romania in the upper Arges River in the Danube drainage. It reaches a maximum length of 9.7 cm.^[2] It prefers rocky shoals and riffles of small upland streams. His species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.^[3] The specific name transsilvaniae means "of Transsilvania", the Latin name of the Transylvania.^[4]

Cottus transsilvaniae
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. transsilvaniae
Binomial name
Cottus transsilvaniae Freyhof, Kottelat and Nolte, 2005