Cottocomephorus

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Cottocomephorus

Genus of fishes in lake Baikal

Cottocomephorus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This genus is endemic to Lake Baikal and its surrounding tributaries in Russia. They have relatively large pectoral fins and reach up to 22 cm (8.7 inches) in total length.[2] They are an important food for the Baikal seal, during the winter second only to the golomyankas.[3]

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Taxonomy

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Cottocomephorus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1900 by the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin when he described Cottocomephorus megalops as a new species.[1] The genus was classified in the family Cottocomephoridae; however, the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae, studies having found that the genera formerly included in the Cottocomephoridae were a clade arising from the genus Cottus.[4]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]

Cottocomephorus alexandrae
Cottocomephorus inermis

References

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  1. [1]
    Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Cottocomephorus in FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. [3]
    "Baikal seal". baikal.ru. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  4. [4]
    J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-16.


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