#2246 · 🐟 fish
European Bullhead
Cottus gobio
📍 383 01 Těšovice u Prachatic, Tschechien
📍 Litomyšl, Česko
📍 45529 Hattingen, Deutschland
📍 30110 Soustelle, France
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Alberto Tamietti · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © misskittys · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Julien Renoult · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Karol Tabarelli de Fatis · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. 383 01 Těšovice u Prachatic, Tschechien:© David Sandler · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Litomyšl, Česko:© stepan_hajduch · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 45529 Hattingen, Deutschland:© Marlon · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. 30110 Soustelle, France:© Lou-Baptiste Reboul · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
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base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 1,158 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- European Bullhead
- scientific name
- Cottus gobio
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Cottidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 793
- sightings worldwide
- 1,158
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cottidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47635, Wikidata Q374092, GBIF 2334105, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.