Asprocottus pulcher

Asprocottus pulcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Abyssocottidae
Genus:Asprocottus
Species: A. pulcher
Binomial name
Asprocottus pulcher
Taliev, 1955
Synonyms[1]
  • Cottinella pulchra (Taliev, 1955)

Asprocottus pulcher is a deepwater sculpin.[2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955.[3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 50–250 metres.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Asprocottus pulcher at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Asprocottus pulcher at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Taliev, D. N., 1955 [ref. 4316] Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae). Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow and Leningrad. 1–603.


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