Limnocottus pallidus

Limnocottus pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Limnocottus
Species: L. pallidus
Binomial name
Limnocottus pallidus
Taliev, 1948[1]

Limnocottus pallidus is a species of deepwater sculpin a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.[2] It dwells at a depth range of 150-1000 metres. Males can reach a total length of 13.1 centimetres and females 14.6 cm. L. pallidus can weigh up to 16 grams, and live up to 12 years.[2]

References

  1. Taliev, D. N., 1948. On the rate and the causes of divergent evolution in the Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Trudy Baikal'skoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii v. 12: 107-158.
  2. 1 2 Limnocottus pallidus at www.fishbase.org.
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