European bullhead

The European bullhead, Cottus gobio, is a fish of the Cottidae family that is widely distributed in Europe. It is a type of sculpin and has three alternative names: miller's thumb, tommy logge and bullyhead. More

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Some southern European bullhead populations in particular are endangered, for example, due to eutrophication. "Sometimes the destruction of a small population in a tiny patch may mean the loss of a unique lineage, millions of years old. More

“The story of the European bullhead is also relevant to dozens of other fish species”, says Erik. “But thanks to genetic research, we know which populations are in danger and we can determine in which areas we need to intervene, by building fish ladders for example. More

applied to the European bullhead (Cottus gobio), which is an ideal model organism to study fish past demographic processes since it has not been managed by humans. More

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