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Cyphocottus megalops (Vitim sculpin)

Synonyms: Asprocottus megalops; Cottus megalops; Limnocottus kozovi; Limnocottus megalops
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Cyphocottus megalops, or the Vitim sculpin, is freshwater fish, a deepwater sculpin endemic to Lake Baikal, Siberia. 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.
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Infraspecies

Limnocottus megalops megalops

Protected Areas

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

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dibothriocephalus dendriticus[1]
Dibothriocephalus ditremus[1]
Echinorhynchus salmonis[1]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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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