Batrachocottus
| Batrachocottus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea (sculpins) |
| Family: | Cottocomephoridae (but see text) |
| Genus: | Batrachocottus L. S. Berg, 1903 |
Batrachocottus is a genus of fish endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. This genus of sculpins (Cottoidea) is variously considered to belong either to the family Cottocomephoridae,[1] Cottidae[2] or Abyssocottidae.[3]
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Batrachocottus baicalensis (Dybowski, 1874) (Bighead sculpin)
- Batrachocottus multiradiatus L. S. Berg, 1907
- Batrachocottus nikolskii (L. S. Berg, 1900) (Fat sculpin)
- Batrachocottus talievi Sideleva, 1999
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Batrachocottus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer W (2015) baicalensis, Cottus Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- ↑ Tytti Kontula, Sergei V. Kirilchik, Risto Väinölä (2003) Endemic diversification of the monophyletic cottoid fish species flock in Lake Baikal explored with mtDNA sequencing Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27, 1, 143–155.
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