Asprocottus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Abyssocottinae
Genus: Asprocottus
L. S. Berg, 1906
Type species
Asprocottus herzensteini
Berg, 1906[1]

Asprocottus is a genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are endemic to endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia.

Species

There are currently eight recognised species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cottidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Asprocottus in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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