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WoRMS name details
original description
(of Cottus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  [request]
basis of record
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2024). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes, also worms [details]
Distribution North Atlantic and Arctic: normally above 60° N but reaching 45°N in Nova Scotia. Relict populations in deep and cold freshwater lakes of North America and northern Europe [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Occurs in cold brackish and moderately saline water near the coast; enters coastal rivers and may occur as far as 120 miles inland. [details]
Reproduction Spawning takes place in shallow waters, male digs a groove in the gravel where pairing and egg laying occur [details]
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