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Cottus scaturigo

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	ACTINOPTERYGII	SCORPAENIFORMES	COTTIDAE

Scientific Name:	Cottus scaturigo
Species Authority:	Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M.
Reviewer/s:	Bogutskaya, N., & Smith, K. (IUCN Freshwater Biodiversity Unit)
Contributor/s:
Justification: The species' range is highly restricted (Timavo spring, north of Trieste) with an area of occupancy of about 100 m², but has no known current or future threats that could lead to a continuing decline in population or habitat. However, there is a plausible threat from the nearby road, where pollution from an accident or dumping could impact the whole population making the species occur in one location.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Italy: Timavo spring, north of Trieste. Timavo spring is the resurgence of River Reka, which flows from Slovenia after 35 km of underground course through the Kras (Karst) plateau. There is no record of Cottus species in Reka.
Countries:	Native: Italy
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Population [top]

Population:	No information.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Habitat: Large, very cold spring. Biology: Spawns for the first time at one year. Spawns in March. Most individuals live only 1-2 years.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

The species is restricted to a very small area, but there are no known current threats to the species. However the spring is very close to a road which may pose a threat.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No information.

Citation:	Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Cottus scaturigo. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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