Roger's Angling Pages
The Alpine Bullhead Cottus poecilopus		Bullhead family Cottidae

This fish differs from the Perch species by the even greater width of its large mouth, by a greater flattening of the head but mainly in the regular stripes of its ventral fins. It inhabits rivers adjacent to the Baltic Sea, the watershed of the river Danube and the rivers to the east as far as the Amur. Its other biological features are very similar to the former species and in some places they live together. It is also a popular bait for Trout and is often found hidden under stones.