Overview
Family : Deep-water sculpins ;
Description
Family Abyssocottidae
Distribution: primarily Lake Baikal, Siberia. Postcleithra reduced or absent; dorsal fin with 3-10 spines and 10-21 soft rays ; anal fin with 8-16 soft rays; pelvic fin with one spine and 2-4 soft rays; vertebrae 30-37. Generally occur below 170 m .The family Abyssocottidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 6 genera and 20 species. It may be found in Freshwater environments and is primarily Peripheral/diadromous. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. This family may be found from 57° n to 52° s and 100° w to 106° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, abyssos = bottomless + Greek, kottos = a kind of fish; derived from Greek, kotta = head
Biology
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Suborder:
Cottoidei
()
- Family:
Abyssocottidae
()
- Deep-water sculpins
- Genus:
Asprocottus
()
- Taliev, 1955
- Specific name:
korjakovi
- Sideleva, 2001
- Scientific name: - Asprocottus korjakovi Sideleva, 2001
- Specific name:
korjakovi
- Sideleva, 2001
- Genus:
Asprocottus
(
- Family:
Abyssocottidae
(
- Suborder:
Cottoidei
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Superorder:
acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Asprocottus korjakovi minor Sideleva, 2001
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Asprocottus korjakovi minor. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: April 28, 2004.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Asprocottus
There are approximately 13 species in this genus:
A. abyssalis · A. herzensteini (Herzenstein's Rough Sculpin) · A. herzensteini abyssalis · A. herzensteini intermedius · A. herzensteini parmiferus · A. herzensteini platycephalus · A. intermedius · A. korjakovi · A. megalops eurystomus · A. minor · A. parmiferus · A. platycephalus · A. pulcher
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
- Costa, Wilson J.E.M. (from FishBase).
