Cyphocottus megalops (Vitim Sculpin)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Vitim Sculpin

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

大眼湖杜父魚, 柯氏湖杜父魚, 大眼湖杜父魚, 大眼湖杜父鱼, 柯氏湖杜父魚, 柯氏湖杜父鱼

Common Names in Russian:

широколобка витимская, Vitimskaya Shirokolobka

Description

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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

Habitat

Occurs mainly at a depth of 100 m where the bottom is silty (Ref. 2058).

Biome: Fresh water . Bathydemersal .

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - 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: Cyphocottus ()
        Specific name: megalops - (Gratzianov, 1902)
        Scientific name: - Cyphocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902)

Unambiguous Synonyms

Cottus megalops Gratzianov, 1902
Limnocottus kozovi Taliev, 1946
Limnocottus megalops (Gratzianov, 1902)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: –

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cyphocottus

There are approximately 2 species in this genus:

C. eurystomus · C. megalops (Vitim Sculpin)

Bibliography

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Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov (1997). An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736.

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Contributors

Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Access date: Dec 30, 2005
FishBase
FishBase 2006.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3766823
Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-116606 Fis-152881
Fishbase Species ID: 48064
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1458016
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 644102
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 675948