The North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia

Site Features:

Shenandoah River Species

 

Cottidae

 

 

Mottled sculpin Cottus bairdi

Cottus = "head", bairdi = "for Spencer F. Baird, vertebrate zoologist, 1st U.S. Fish Commissioner"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers

 

 

Pictures Courtesy of

Jenkins & Burkhead 1993

   

Potomac sculpin Cottus girardi

Cottus = "head", girardi = "for Charles F. Girard, an early student of sculpins"

North Fork, South Fork & Mainstem Shenandoah Rivers