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Leocottus kesslerii (Sand sculpin; Kessler's sculpin; Baunt sand sculpin)

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Language: Mandarin Chinese; Russian

Wikipedia Abstract

Leocottus kesslerii, Kessler's sculpin, is a species of Baikal sculpin, a freshwater fish native to Russia and Mongolia where it occurs in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes as well as the Selenga, Angara and Bain Gol rivers. This species grows to a length of 14 centimetres (5.5 in) TL. It lives at relatively shallow depths, down to 15 m, specifically on sandy and silty bottoms. Spawning takes place in May to June at 3-5 m depths. Eggs are deposited under stones, and the male stays guarding the eggs. Leocottus kesslerii is the only member of its genus.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Baikalskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 458883 Russia  
Barguzinskiy Biosphere Reserve Zapovednik Ia 924970 Buryatia, Russia

Prey / Diet

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

Predators

Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Yellowwing)[1]
Hucho taimen (Taimen)[2]

Consumers

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.
2"Ecology of Siberian Taimen Hucho taimen in the Lake Baikal Basin", Arcadi N. Matveyev, Nikolai M. Pronin, Vitali P. Samusenok, Charles R. Bronte, Journal of Great Lakes Research, Volume 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 905–916
3Gibson, 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