Cottus scaturigo

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2008 |title=Cottus scaturigo |volume=2008 |page=e.T135589A4154288 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135589A4154288.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| taxon = Cottus scaturigo

| authority = Freyhof, Kottelat and Nolte, 2005

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Cottus scaturigo, the Timavo sculpin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to the Timavo Spring in Italy. This species was described as a separate species from the European bullhead (C. gobio) in 2005 by Jörg Freyhof, Maurice Kottelat and Arne W. Nolte.{{cite journal | author1 = Jörg Freyhof | author2 = Maurice Kottelat | author3 = Arne Nolte | name-list-style = and | year =2005 | title = Taxonomic diversity of European Cottus with description of eight new species (Teleostei: Cottidae) | journal = Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters | volume = 16 | pages = 107–172}} However, the Catalog of Fishes treats this taxon as a synonym of Cottus metae,{{Cof genus|genus=Cottus|access-date=21 January 2023}} although FishBase treats it as a separate species.{{FishBase|Cottus|scaturigo|month=August|year=2022}} The specific name scaturigo means "spouting water", i.e. a spring, an allusion to the Timavo Spring.{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/perciformes20/ | title = Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins) | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | editor1= Christopher Scharpf | editor2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp |date = 22 October 2022 | access-date = 18 January 2023 | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara}}