Asprocottus korjakovi is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to the ancient lake Baikal in Siberia. It is a member of the deepwater sculpin family Abyssocottidae,[2] and was described scientifically by Valentina Sideleva in 2001.[3]

Asprocottus korjakovi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species:
A. korjakovi
Binomial name
Asprocottus korjakovi
Sideleva, 2001

References edit

  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Asprocottus korjakovi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159626554A159626574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159626554A159626574.en. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Asprocottus korjakovi" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. ^ Sideleva, V. G., 2001 List of fishes from Lake Baikal with descriptions of new taxa of cottoid fishes. In: New Contributions to Freshwater Fish Research. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences No. 287: 45-79.