Fish of the Cottus genus of the Cottidae family of the superfamily Cottoidea of the suborder Cottoidei of the Scorpaeniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Bullhead, or European bullhead. Photo by © Lubomir Hlasek. hlasek.com)
Bullhead, or European bullhead (Cottus gobio) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778). It inhabits small and medium-sized rivers with cold clear water and swift current. The maximum recorded length is 18 cm; specimens up to 10 cm long are more common. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates.
(Bullhead, or European bullhead. Photo by © Jiří Neudert. ochranaprirody.cz)
It is the inhabitant of the water bodies of the northern part of Italy and the water bodies of the Danube basin of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro.
Names of bullhead, or European bullhead (Cottus gobio) in other languages as follows:
Главоч (Glavoch) (Bulgarian), Botos kölönte (Hungarian), Cavilat (Spanish), Scazzone (Italian), Groppe (German), Głowacz białopłetwy (Polish), Zglăvoaca, Zglăvocul (Romanian), Peš (Serbian, Croatian), Kapelj, Glavač (Slovenian), Chabot commun (French), Vranka obecná (Czech).