Asprocottus minor

Asprocottus minor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species: A. minor
Binomial name
Asprocottus minor
Sideleva, 2001
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprocottus korjakovi minor Sideleva, 2001

Asprocottus minor is a deepwater sculpin.[2] It was described by Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva in 2001, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus korjakovi.[3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Asprocottus minor at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Asprocottus minor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Sideleva, V. G., 2001 [ref. 26181] List of fishes from Lake Baikal with descriptions of new taxa of cottoid fishes. In: New Contributions to Freshwater Fish Research. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences USSR No. 287: 45-79.
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