Cyphocottus

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Cyphocottus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Abyssocottinae
Genus: Cyphocottus
Sideleva, 2003
Type species
Cottus megalops
Gratzianov, 1902 [1]

Cyphocottus is a genus of deepwater sculpins endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: [2]

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References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Cyphocottus in FishBase . December 2012 version.