Mottled Sculpin
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Class | Actinopterygii |
| Order | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family | Cottidae |
| Genus | Cottus |
| Species | Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygophile
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee
Counties
- Alabama
- Jackson, Madison
- Georgia
- Walker
- Kentucky
- Edmonson
- Tennessee
- Marion
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2013.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- United States
- N5 Secure
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- Maryland
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New York
- S4 Apparently Secure
- West Virginia
- S5 Secure
- Navajo Nation
- S2 Imperiled
- North Carolina
- S5 Secure
- Delaware
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Oregon
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Idaho
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Indiana
- S5 Secure
- Arizona
- SNA Not Applicable
- Iowa
- S2 Imperiled
- Virginia
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Utah
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Minnesota
- SNR Unranked
- Colorado
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Wisconsin
- S5 Secure
- Kentucky
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Pennsylvania
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5 Secure
- Mississippi
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Illinois
- S2 Imperiled
- Ohio
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Washington
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Mexico
- S1 Critically Imperiled
- Alabama
- S2 Imperiled
- Vermont
- S2 Imperiled
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Georgia
- SU Unrankable
- Missouri
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Nevada
- SNR Unranked
- South Carolina
- S2 Imperiled
- Ontario
- S5 Secure
- Alberta
- S2 Imperiled
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Manitoba
- S5 Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Bailey, V. 1933. Cave Life of Kentucky. US Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, DC, USA. 256 pp.
- Cope, E.D. & Packard, A.S. 1881. The fauna of the Nickajack Cave. American Naturalist 15: 877–882.
- Huntsman, B.M., Venarsky, M.P. & Benstead, J.P. 2011. Relating carrion breakdown rates to ambient resource level and community structure in four cave stream ecosystems. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 30: 882–892. doi:10.1899/10-116.1
- Venarsky, M.P., Huryn, A.D. & Benstead, J.P. 2012. Re-examining extreme longevity of the cave crayfish Orconectes australis using new mark-recapture data: a lesson on the limitations of iterative size-at-age models. Freshwater Biology 57: 1471–1481. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02812.x
- Zigler, K.S., Niemiller, M.L., Stephen, C.D.R., Ayala, B.N., Milne, M.A., Gladstone, N.S., Engel, A.S., Jensen, J.B., Camp, C.D., Ozier, J.C. & Cressler, A. 2020. Biodiversity from caves and other subterranean habitats of Georgia, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 82: 125–167. doi:10.4311/2019LSC0125
How to cite this account
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-1611. https://cavebiology.org/species/cottus-bairdii/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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