Vitim sculpin

Cyphocottus megalops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Abyssocottidae
Genus:	Cyphocottus
Species:	C. megalops
Binomial name
	Cyphocottus megalops; (, 1902)
Synonyms
	Cottus megalops Gratzianov, 1902; Limnocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902); Limnocottus kozovi Taliev, 1946;

Cyphocottus megalops, or the Vitim sculpin,^[2] is freshwater fish, a deepwater sculpin endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia.^[3] It is known to dwell at a depth range of 140–370 metres, usually inhabiting the silty bottom at around 100 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 16.5 centimetres. It can live for up to 9 years.^[3]

References[]

^ Gratzianov, V. J., 1902 [ref. 1868] Die Ichthyo-fauna des Baikalsees. Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 3 (no. 3): 18–61.
^ Common names for Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.

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[Gratzianov,_1902-1] Gratzianov, V. J., 1902 [ref. 1868] Die Ichthyo-fauna des Baikalsees. Dnevnik Zoologicheskogo otdeleniya Obshchestva lyubitelei Estestvoznaniya v. 3 (no. 3): 18–61.

[2] Common names for Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] Cyphocottus megalops at www.fishbase.org.

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