Neocottus werestschagini

Neocottus werestschagini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Abyssocottidae
Genus:Neocottus
Species: N. werestschagini
Binomial name
Neocottus werestschagini
(Taliev, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Abyssocottus werestschagini Taliev, 1935
  • Cottinella werestschagini (Taliev, 1935)

Neocottus werestschagini is a deepwater sculpin.[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]

The diet of N. werestschagini consists of bony fish, gammarids, and debris.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Food items reported for Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.


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