Vitim sculpin

Cyphocottus megalops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Cyphocottus
Species: C. megalops
Binomial name
Cyphocottus megalops
(Gratzianov, 1902)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cottus megalops Gratzianov, 1902
  • Limnocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902)
  • Limnocottus kozovi Taliev, 1946

Cyphocottus megalops, or the Vitim sculpin,[2] is freshwater fish, a deepwater sculpin endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia.[3] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 140–370 metres, usually inhabiting the silty bottom at around 100 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 16.5 centimetres. It can live for up to 9 years.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gratzianov, V. J., 1902 [ref. 1868] Die Ichthyo-fauna des Baikalsees. Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 3 (no. 3): 18–61.
  2. ↑ Common names for Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.
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