Biology:Neocottus thermalis

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Neocottus thermalis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Neocottus
Species:
N. thermalis
Binomial name
Neocottus thermalis
Sideleva, 2002

Neocottus thermalis is a deepwater sculpin.[1] It was described by Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva in 2002.[2] It is a freshwater, deep water-dwelling fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, in Russia . It is known to dwell at a depth range of 430 to 480 metres (1,410 to 1,570 ft).[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Neocottus thermalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Sideleva, V. G., 2002 [ref. 26019] Fish fauna of the area of high hydrothermal activity (Frolikha Bight, Lake Baikal), with the description of a new species of the genus Neocottus (Abyssocottidae). Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 42 (no. 2): 274-278.

Wikidata ☰ Q6431216 entry