Asprocottus korjakovi

Asprocottus korjakovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species: A. korjakovi
Binomial name
Asprocottus korjakovi
Sideleva, 2001

Asprocottus korjakovi is one of the 30 or so endemic sculpin fish species endemic to the ancient lake Baikal in Siberia. It is a member of the deepwater sculpin family Abyssocottidae,[1] and was described scientifically by Valentina Sideleva in 2001.[2]

References

  1. Asprocottus korjakovi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 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.


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