The Paiute sculpin (''Cottus beldingii'') is a species of
fish in the family
Cottidae. It is found in the
United States, inhabiting the
Columbia River
The Columbia River (Upper Chinook: ' or '; Sahaptin: ''Nch’i-Wàna'' or ''Nchi wana''; Sinixt dialect'' '') is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, C ...
drainage from
Idaho, western
Wyoming, and northeastern
Nevada to western
Washington and
Oregon, and
endorheic basins including
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; was, Dáʔaw, meaning "the lake") is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada of the United States. Lying at , it straddles the state line between California and Nevada, west of Carson City, Nevad ...
in Nevada and
California. It reaches a maximum length of 13.0 cm.
It prefers rubble and gravel riffles of cold creeks and small to medium rivers. It is also found in rocky shores of lakes.
References
Cottus (fish)
Fish described in 1891
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Taxa named by Rosa Smith Eigenmann
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