Asprocottus platycephalus

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Asprocottus platycephalus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species:
A. platycephalus
Binomial name
Asprocottus platycephalus
Taliev, 1955
Synonyms [2]
  • Asprocottus herzensteini platycephalusTaliev, 1955

Asprocottus platycephalus is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. [2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus herzensteini . [3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 50–800 metres, most commonly between 250 and 460 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 10.5 centimetres. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Asprocottus platycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T159626759A159626785. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159626759A159626785.en . Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Asprocottus platycephalus". 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.


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