Neocottus werestschagini is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins..[2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1935, originally under the genus Abyssocottus.[3] It is a rare freshwater, deep water-dwelling fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, in Russia. It dwells at a depth range of 877 to 1,400 metres (2,877 to 4,593 ft), and inhabits silty sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 9.8 centimetres (3.9 in).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Neocottus |
| Species: | N. werestschagini
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| Neocottus werestschagini (Taliev, 1935)
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The diet of N. werestschagini consists of bony fish, gammarids, and debris.[2]
References edit
- ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2021). "Neocottus werestschagini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T159634174A159634247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T159634174A159634247.en. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Neocottus werestschagini" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ Taliev, D. N., 1935 [ref. 15741] Neue Formen der Cataphracti aus dem Baikalsee. Trudy Baikal'skoi limnologischeskoi stantsii = Travaux de la Station limnologique du Lac Baikal v. 6: 59-68.
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