Cottus transsilvaniae explained

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. 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.^[1] The specific name transsilvaniae means “of Transsilvania”, the Latin name of the Transylvania.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Jörg Freyhof . Maurice Kottelat . Arne Nolte . and . 2005 . Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae) . Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters . 16 . 107–172.
2. Web site: Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins) . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . 22 October 2022 . 21 January 2023 . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara.