Fish of the Cottus genus of the Cottidae family of the superfamily Cottoidea of the suborder Cottoidei of the Scorpaeniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Timavo sculpin. Photo by © Jörg Freyhof. arkive.org)
Timavo sculpin (Cottus scaturigo) was first described in 2005 by the ichthyologists Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Nolte. It inhabits the streams with cold water. The maximum recorded length is 6 cm. It feeds on bottom invertebrates.
It is an endemic from the Timavo stream, north of Trieste, Italy.
It is listed in the IUCN Red List as a Vulnerable Species (VS).