Comephorus dybowskii

Comephorus dybowskii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Comephorus
Species:	C. dybowskii
Binomial name
Comephorus dybowskii Korotneff, 1904

Comephorus dybowskii

Comephorus dybowskii, the little Baikal oilfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. ^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Polish biologist Benedykt Dybowski (1833-1930), who was known as the "learned professor who has studied this strange genus of fishes the most". ^[4]

References

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Comephorus dybowskii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T159627633A159627649. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159627633A159627649.en . Retrieved 4 March 2023.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Comephorus dybowskii". FishBase . August 2022 version.
3. Timoshkin, O.A., 1995. Guide and key to pelagic animals of Baikal. Novosibirsk "Nauka", Siberian Publishing Firm RAS.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2025.