Dwarf sculpin
| Dwarf sculpin | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Procottus |
| Species: | P. gurwicii |
| Binomial name | |
| Procottus gurwicii (Taliev, 1946) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Procottus gurwicii, the dwarf sculpin, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia. It was discovered in 1946 when a single male specimen was found in the coastal waters of the lake, at a depth of about 93 metres. The specimen measured a total length of 6.2 centimetres.
References
- ↑ Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Procottus gurwicii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T159635875A159635994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159635875A159635994.en. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ↑ Taliev, D. N. 1946 A new genus Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 54 (no. 1): 89-92.
- ↑ Synonyms of Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
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