Biology:Vitim sculpin
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Short description: Species of fish
| Cyphocottus megalops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cyphocottus |
| Species: | C. megalops
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyphocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902)[1]
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Cyphocottus megalops, or the Vitim sculpin,[2] is freshwater fish, a deepwater sculpin endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia.[3] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 140–370 metres, usually inhabiting the silty bottom at around 100 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 16.5 centimetres. It can live for up to 9 years.[3]
References
- ↑ Gratzianov, V. J., 1902 [ref. 1868] Die Ichthyo-fauna des Baikalsees. Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 3 (no. 3): 18–61.
- ↑ Common names for Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q5903751 entry
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