Biology:Short-headed sculpin

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Short-headed sculpin
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Abyssocottinae
Genus: Cottinella
Berg, 1907
Species:
C. boulengeri
Binomial name
Cottinella boulengeri
(Berg, 1906)
Synonyms[2]
  • Abyssocottus boulengeri Berg, 1906

The short-headed sculpin (Cottinella boulengeri) iray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia . It lives at depths of from 400 to 1,600 metres (1,300 to 5,200 ft), and is not longer than 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

References

  1. Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Cottinella boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T159627778A159627804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159627778A159627804.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/159627778/159627804. Retrieved 6 March 2023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Cottinella boulengeri" in FishBase. August 2022 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q5175617 entry