''Cottus aturi'', the Adour sculpin or Chabot du Béarn, is a species of freshwater
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in
France and
Spain. It inhabits the
Adour
The Adour (; eu, Aturri; oc, Ador) is a river in southwestern France. It rises in High-Bigorre (Pyrenees), in the commune of Aspin-Aure, and flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. It is long, of which the uppermost ca. i ...
and
Nivelle
Nivelle () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
* Nivelle Offensive
The Nivelle offensive (16 April – 9 May 1917) was a Franco-British operation on the Western Front i ...
river drainages. It reaches a maximum length of . It prefers streams with clear, cool, moderate to swift water and stone substrate.
This species was
described as a separate species from the
European bullhead (''C. gobio'') in 2005 by
Jörg Freyhof,
Maurice Kottelat and
Arne W. Nolte
Arne may refer to:
Places
* Arne, Dorset, England, a village
** Arne RSPB reserve, a nature reserve adjacent to the village
* Arné, Hautes-Pyrénées, Midi-Pyrénées, France
* Arne (Boeotia), an ancient city in Boeotia, Greece
* Arne (Thessaly), ...
.
References
Fauna of Spain
Cottus (fish)
Fish described in 2005
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