Timavo Sculpin
'' Cottus scaturigo'', the Timavo sculpin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the Family (biology), family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is Endemism, endemic to the Timavo, Timavo Spring in Italy. This species was Species description, described as a separate species from the European bullhead (''C. gobio'') in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte. However, the ''Catalog of Fishes'' treats this taxon as a Synonym (taxonomy), synonym of ''Cottus metae'', although ''FishBase'' treats it as a separate species. The Specific name (zoology), specific name ''scaturigo'' means “spouting water”, i.e. a Spring (hydrology), spring, an allusion to the Timavo Spring. References

Cottus (fish), scaturigo Endemic fauna of Italy Fish described in 2005 {{Scorpaeniformes-stub ...
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Jörg Freyhof
Jörg Arthur Freyhof (born 4 November 1964 in Ludwigshafen) is a German ichthyologist specializing on Old World cypriniform fishes.Dr. Jörg Freyhof
Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Freyhof has worked at the Alexander Koenig Research Museum, Bonn, and since 2000 he has been employed at the