Specimen Information

Cottus asper
Cottus asper
(Prickly Sculpin)
Fishes
Native Transplant

Specimen ID29516
GroupFishes
GenusCottus
Speciesasper
Common NamePrickly Sculpin
StateCA
Localityupper portions of the Santa Clara River system
Mapping AccuracyCentroid
Centroid Type 
HUC8 NameSanta Clara
HUC8 Number18070102
Map
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Collection Year1977
Year AccuracyPublication Year
Potential Pathwaycanal
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:786
Author:U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Date:1977
Title:Recovery plan for unarmored threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni, an endangered fish.
Publisher:USFWS.
Pages:60 pp
Commentsrecently introduced.
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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