Cottinella boulengeri

Cottinella boulengeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Cottinella
L. S. Berg, 1907
Species: C. boulengeri
Binomial name
Cottinella boulengeri
(L. S. Berg, 1906)

Cottinella boulengeri, the short-headed sculpin, is a species of freshwater fish, a deepwater sculpin endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. It lives at depths of from 400 to 1,600 metres (1,300 to 5,200 ft), and is not longer than 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.

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