Biology:Herzenstein's rough sculpin

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Herzenstein's rough sculpin
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species:
A. herzensteini
Binomial name
Asprocottus herzensteini
Berg, 1906

Asprocottus herzensteini, the Herzenstein's rough sculpin, is a deepwater sculpin, a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia .[1] It was described by Lev Berg in 1906.[2] It dwells at a depth range of 22–887 metres, and is abundantly found below 60 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Asprocottus herzensteini at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Berg, L. S., 1906 (27 Nov.) Übersicht der Cataphracti (Fam. Cottidae, Cottocomephoridae und Comephoridae) des Baikalsees. Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 30 (no. 26): 906–911.

Wikidata ☰ Q15694781 entry