Cottocomephorus

Updated on Oct 11, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Cottocomephoridae Rank Genus		Class Actinopterygii Phylum Chordata Order Scorpaeniformes

Similar Cottocomephoridae, Procottus, Paracottus knerii, Abyssocottidae, Comephorus baikalensis

Cottocomephorus is a genus of Baikal sculpins endemic to Lake Baikal and its surrounding tributaries in Russia.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:

Cottocomephorus alexandrae Taliev, 1935

Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Dybowski, 1874) (Baikal yellowfin)

Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev, 1890) (Longfin Baikal sculpin)

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