''Limnocottus griseus'' is a species of
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.
It was described by
Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of ''Abyssocottus godlewskii''.
[Taliev, D. N., 1955 ef. 4316''Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae).'' Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow and Leningrad. 1–603.] It is a
freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...
fish which is endemic to
Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal (, russian: Oзеро Байкал, Ozero Baykal ); mn, Байгал нуур, Baigal nuur) is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...
,
Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 250–1300 metres.
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References
griseus
Fish of Lake Baikal
Fish described in 1955
Taxa named by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev
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