Biology:Dwarf sculpin
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Short description: Species of fish
| Dwarf sculpin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Procottus |
| Species: | P. gurwicii
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| Binomial name | |
| Procottus gurwicii (Taliev, 1946)[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Procottus gurwicii, the dwarf sculpin, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.[3] It was discovered in 1946 when a single male specimen was found in the coastal waters of the lake, at a depth of about 93 metres. The specimen measured a total length of 6.2 centimetres.[3]
References
- ↑ Taliev, D. N. 1946 A new genus Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 54 (no. 1): 89-92.
- ↑ Synonyms of Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q6411632 entry
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