Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Cottocomephoridae Rank Species | Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes Genus Batrachocottus | |
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Batrachocottus baicalensis, or the bighead sculpin, is one of the cottoid fishes or sculpins endemic to the Lake Baikal watershed in eastern Siberia, Russia. It lives at approximately one hundred meters depth, over stony bottoms. It can attain a length of 19 cm.
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It is variously considered to belong either to the family Cottocomephoridae, Cottidae or Abyssocottidae.
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