#2148 · 🐟 fish
Rhine Sculpin
🇳🇱 Beekdonderpad ·Cottus rhenanus
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what is it?
Cottus rhenanus is a species of fish in the family Cottidae. It is found in France, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. It inhabits the Rhine and Meuse river drainages. 0 cm. It prefers streams with clear, cool, moderate to swift water and stone substrate.
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
- Spotted 6 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 94 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Maurice Kottelat in 2005 (21 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Rhine Sculpin
- Nederlands
- Beekdonderpad
- scientific name
- Cottus rhenanus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Cottidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 6
- sightings in Europe
- 59
- sightings worldwide
- 94
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,125
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 2005 by Maurice Kottelat
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cottidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 98586, Wikidata Q2147688, GBIF 2334183, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.