Cottocomephoridae

Cottocomephoridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Superfamily: Cottoidea
Family: Cottocomephoridae
L. S. Berg, 1907
Genera[1]

Cottocomephoridae, or the bighead sculpins or Baikal sculpins, are a family of scorpaeniform fishes mostly endemic to Russia (one species ranges into Mongolia) where they are mostly found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.[1]

The Catalog of Fishes does not recognize Cottocomephoridae as a separate family, but includes its members in the Cottidae.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Cottocomephoridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  2. WN Eschmeyer, JD Fong (2015) Species by family/subfamily in the Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences (15 Feb 2015)
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