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Cottus petiti, also called the chabot du Lez in French, is a species of freshwater sculpin, a fish in the family Cottidae.[1] It is endemic to France, found only in a small 3 km stretch of the river Lez in Southern France near Montpellier.[1] The natural habitat is fed by karstic springs which may have enabled the isolated survival of the population through geoglogical history. Now the species may be threatened by habitat loss. The males of this species are typically 56 mm in length.

Cottus petiti
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. petiti
Binomial name
Cottus petiti Băcescu & Băcescu-Mester, 1964

It is part of the Cottus gobio complex, and genetically very close to C. gobio.[1]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Cottus petiti" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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