Cyphocottus eurystomus

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Cyphocottus eurystomus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Cyphocottus
Species:
C. eurystomus
Binomial name
Cyphocottus eurystomus
(Taliev, 1955)
Synonyms [2]
  • Asprocottus megalops eurystomusTaliev, 1955
  • Limnocottus eurystomus(Taliev, 1955)

Cyphocottus eurystomus is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These sculpins are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. [2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus megalops . [3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 50–600 metres. [2]

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References

  1. Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Cyphocottus eurystomus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T159632282A159632365. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159632282A159632365.en . Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). Cyphocottus&speciesname=eurystomus" Cyphocottus eurystomus" in FishBase . August 2022 version.
  3. Taliev, D. N. 1955 [ref. 4316] Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae). Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow and Leningrad. 1–603.