Conservation status of the pyrenean sculpin (cottus hispaniolensis) in the Aran Valley

E. Carrillo, J. Ninot, T. Buchaca and M. Ventura. Blanes, LIFE+ LIMNOPIRINEUS Technical OfficeThe Pyrenean sculpin (Cottus hispaniolensis) is one of the most threatened freshwater fish in Catalonia and Spain. Its status in the Aran Valley drastically deteriorated as a result of the floods of 2013, to the point of reaching its practical disappearance. Since then, their populations have been progressively recovering, with a slow increase in their average density and occupied localities. In part, this recovery has been produced thanks to actions framed within the LIFE+ LimnoPirineus project, which have been specifically designed for the recovery of this species within the Natura 2000 network space “Aigüestortes” (ES0000022).Peer reviewe