Biology:Asprocottus platycephalus

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Asprocottus platycephalus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species:
A. platycephalus
Binomial name
Asprocottus platycephalus
Taliev, 1955
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprocottus herzensteini platycephalus Taliev, 1955

Asprocottus platycephalus is a deepwater sculpin.[2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus herzensteini.[3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia . It is known to dwell at a depth range of 50–800 metres, most commonly between 250 and 460 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 10.5 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Asprocottus platycephalus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Asprocottus platycephalus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Taliev, D. N., 1955 [ref. 4316] Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae). Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow and Leningrad. 1–603.

Wikidata ☰ Q5516676 entry