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Cottus tubulatus

Hubbs and Schultz, 1932

Snake River Sculpin

GNRUnranked Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1366910

Element CodeAFC4E020B0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusProvisional

Name CategoryVertebrate Animal

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumCraniata

ClassActinopterygii

OrderPerciformes

FamilyCottidae

GenusCottus

Concept Reference

Young, M.K., R. Smith, K.L. Pilgrim, D.J. Isaak, K.S. McKelvey, S. Parkes, J. Egge, and M.K. Schwartz. 2022. A molecular taxonomy of Cottus in western North America. Western North American Naturalist 82(2): 307–345.

Taxonomic Comments

Young et al. (2022) removed Cottus tubulatus from synonymy with C. beldingi because it is a highly supported, divergent, and monophyletic taxon isolated from all other members of this species complex; this resurrection is accepted by Fricke et al. (2205), but not Page et al. (2023).

The relationships among North American sculpins remain poorly known and Page et al. (2023) chose to retain a conservative approach because recent studies (e.g., Baumsteiger et al. 2012; Goto et al. 2015; Young et al. 2022) lack comprehensive species descriptions and sometimes descriptions conflict. .

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Idaho	SNR	Yes
Washington	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Washington (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Willow Springs	Umatilla National Forest	10,414

References (5)

Baumsteiger, J., A. P. Kinziger, and A. Aguilar. 2012. Life history and biogeographic diversification of an endemic western North American freshwater fish clade using a comparative species tree approach. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:940-952.
Fricke, R., W. N. Eschmeyer, and R. van der Laan (eds). 2025. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Online. Available: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Accessed 2025.
Goto, A., R. Yokoyama, and V.G. Sideleva. 2015. Evolutionary diversification in freshwater sculpins (Cottoidea): a review of two major adaptive radiations. Environmental Biology of Fishes 98:307-335.
Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
Young, M.K., R. Smith, K.L. Pilgrim, D.J. Isaak, K.S. McKelvey, S. Parkes, J. Egge, and M.K. Schwartz. 2022. A molecular taxonomy of <i>Cottus</i> in western North America. Western North American Naturalist 82(2): 307–345.