Cottus scaturigo

Cottus scaturigo, the Timavo sculpin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to the Timavo Spring in Italy. This species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.^[2] However, the Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a synonym of Cottus metae,^[3] although FishBase treats it as a separate species.^[4] The specific name scaturigo means "spouting water", i.e. a spring, an allusion to the Timavo Spring.^[5]

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