Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Abyssocottidae > Procottus > Procottus jeittelesii

Procottus jeittelesii (Red sculpin; Red Baikal sculpin)

Synonyms: Cottus jeittelesii; Procottus jeittelesi; Procottus jeittelesi bicolor; Procottus jettelesii
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Wikipedia Abstract

Procottus jeittelesii, also known as the red sculpin or the red Baikal sculpin, is one of the deepwater sculpin species endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is a freshwater fish that dwells under stones at a depth range of 0 to 140 metres (0 to 459 ft), most often at around 100 metres (330 ft), and is most abundant during the autumn and winter. Males can reach a maximum total length of 28 centimetres (11 in). The red sculpin's diet consists of zoobenthos including amphipods.
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Infraspecies

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 924970 Buryatia, Russia

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0