Cottus bairdii
Girard 1850
ORDER | SUB-ORDER | FAMILY |
---|---|---|
Perciformes | Cottoidei | Cottidae |
Synonyms
None.
The fish is known by the common name of Tytoona Cave Scuplin.
Country
USATypes
The fishes from Tytoona Cave are not distinguishable from epigean Cottus bairdii and there are no types.
Distribution
Known only from the location they were originally found in: Tytoona Cave, Sinking Valley, Blair County, Pennsylvania, USA (40o36’04”N, 78o13’01”W), 273masl (Espinasa, Mendyk, Schaffer and Cahill 2013). This is the third most northerly of all subterranean fishes after Barbatula undescribed species from Germany (47o50’48.48”N, 8o51’28.91”E) and Cottus bairdii-cognatus from further north in Pennsylvania (41o9’23.2”N, 77o12’21.1W).
Systematics
Espinasa et al. (2013) used DNA sequences to determine the relationships of the cave sculpin: "Molecular data have been obtained for 15 individuals: 14 samples from Tytoona Cave and one from a surface specimen from the Little Juniata River. The 16S rRNA fragments with primers excluded were 575 bp long. All cave and surface specimens had identical sequences, which when compared with the available Genbank sequences, were identical to “haplotype 2” of a Cottus bairdii collected from Blockhouse Creek in central Pennsylvania (GenBank GQ280792.1) and four bp (0.7%) different from another C. bairdii of undescribed provenance (GenBank AY539018.2)."
Biological Notes
Espinasa et al. 2013 consider these fishes are cave-dwellers on the basis of: "...they were considered to be cave-adapted due to the presence of ovigerous females, a lack of evidence for starvation and primarily because the cephalic lateralis pores are significantly larger than those of similar-sized surface fish. Larger pores may correlate to an enhancement in mechanosensory ability, which would allow cavefish to thrive better in a dark environment."
Conservation Status
TMP [NE]
This assessment of Not Evaluated refers only to the cave population and not the many epigean populations of this named species.
Internet Resources
Tytoona Cave Nature Preserve Management Plan
A brief account with photographs
Key References
- Stone, R.W. (1953)
- Robins, C.R. (1954)
- Williams, J. D. and Howell, W. M. (1979)
- Troester, J.W. and White, W.B. (1984)
- Schweyan, J. (1986)
- Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Paul, R.J. (1992)
- Paul, R.J., Burr, B.M. and Warren, M.L. (1993)
- Krejca, J.K., Burr, B.M., Paul, R.J. and Warren, M.L. (1994)
- Krejca, J., Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Paul, R.J. (1994)
- Burr, B.M., Adams, G.L., Krejca, J., Paul, R.J. and Warren, M.L. (2001)
- McCarthy, S.C. (2001)
- Patterson, N. and Stone, J. (2001)
- Herman, E.K., Schwede, S.S., Warner, S.M. and White, W.B. (2004)
- White, W., and White. E. (2012)
- Espinasa, L., Mendyk, A., Schaffer, E. and Cahill, A. (2013)
- McCaffery, S., Collins, E. and Espinasa, L. (2014)
- Fernholz, J. and Phelps, Q.E. (2016)
- Fernholz, J. (2017)
- Baek, S.Y., Kang, J.H., Jo, S.H., Jang, J.E., Byeon, S.Y., Wang, J.H., Lee, H.G., Choi, J.K. and Lee, H.J. (2018)
- Fernholz, J. (2018)
Stone, R.W. | Journal Article | 1953 | Caves of Pennsylvania |
Robins, C.R. | Thesis | 1954 | A taxonomic revision of the Cottus bairdi and Cottus carolinae species group in eastern North American (Pisces, Cottidae) |
Williams, J. D. and Howell, W. M. | Journal Article | 1979 | An albino sculpin from a cave in the New River drainage of West Virginia (Pisces: Cottidae) |
Troester, J.W. and White, W.B. | Journal Article | 1984 | Seasonal fluctuations in the carbon dioxide partial pressure in a cave atmosphere |
Schweyan, J. | Journal Article | 1986 | Tytoona Cave/Arch Spring, Blair County |
Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Paul, R.J. | Journal Article | 1992 | Cavernicolous sculpins of the Cottus carolinae species group from Mystery Cave, Missouri |
Paul, R.J., Burr, B.M. and Warren, M.L. | Journal Article | 1993 | Cavernicolous sculpins of the Cottus carolinae species group from Perry County, Missouri: Cave-life phenomena or speciation ? |
Krejca, J.K., Burr, B.M., Paul, R.J. and Warren, M.L. | Journal Article | 1994 | Cavernicolous sculpins of the Cottus carolinae species group (Pisces: Cottidae) from Perry County, Missouri |
Krejca, J., Burr, B.M., Warren, M.L. and Paul, R.J. | Journal Article | 1994 | Cavernicolous sculpins of the Cottus carolinae species group (Pisces, Cottidae) from Perry County, Missouri |
Burr, B.M., Adams, G.L., Krejca, J., Paul, R.J. and Warren, M.L. | Journal Article | 2001 | Troglomorphic sculpins of the Cottus carolinae species group in Perry County, Missouri: Distribution, external morphology and conservation status |
McCarthy, S.C. | Thesis | 2001 | Using dye tracers to delineate flow patterns through two karst basins: Kooken Cave, Huntingdon County and Tytoona Cave, Blair County, PA |
Patterson, N. and Stone, J. | Journal Article | 2001 | Macroinvertebrate survey of Tytoona Cave |
Herman, E.K., Schwede, S.S., Warner, S.M. and White, W.B. | Conference Paper | 2004 | Hydrogeology of the sinking valley karst and the NSS Tytoona Cave nature preserve |
White, W., and White. E. | Journal Article | 2012 | Karst of Sinking Valley and Kooken Cave, Huntingdon and Blair Counties |
Espinasa, L., Mendyk, A., Schaffer, E. and Cahill, A. | Journal Article | 2013 | The Second Northernmost Cave-adapted Fish in the World? Groundwork on the Tytoona Cave Sculpin Population |
McCaffery, S., Collins, E. and Espinasa, L. | Journal Article | 2014 | Eye histology of the Tytoona Cave Sculpin: Eye loss evolves slower than enhancement of mandibular pores in cavefish? |
Fernholz, J. and Phelps, Q.E. | Journal Article | 2016 | Influence of PIT tags on growth and survival of Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae): Implications for endangered Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus) |
Fernholz, J. | Thesis | 2017 | Influence of PIT tags on growth and survival of Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae): Implications for endangered Grotto Sculpin (Cottus specus) |
Baek, S.Y., Kang, J.H., Jo, S.H., Jang, J.E., Byeon, S.Y., Wang, J.H., Lee, H.G., Choi, J.K. and Lee, H.J. | Journal Article | 2018 | Contrasting life histories contribute to divergent patterns of genetic diversity and population connectivity in freshwater sculpin fishes |
Fernholz, J. | Thesis | 2018 | Influence of Pit Tags on growth and survival of Banded Sculpin (Cottus carolinae): Implications for endangered Grotto Sculpin (Cottus Specus). |