''Neocottus werestschagini'' is a species of
ray-finned fish belonging to the
family Cottidae, the typical sculpins..
It was described by
Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev
Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev (28 May 1908 – 2 July 1952) was a Soviet Russian ichthyologist and limnologist, notable for his work on the Lake Baikal.
Notable Dates (includes list of publications and short biography)
* 1930 - Senior Assistant, Pac ...
in 1935, originally under the genus ''
Abyssocottus
''Abyssocottus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These sculpins are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia.
Taxonomy
''Abyssocottus'' was first proposed as a genus by the Russian ichthyolo ...
''.
[Taliev, D. N., 1935 ef. 15741''Neue Formen der Cataphracti aus dem Baikalsee.'' Trudy Baikal'skoi limnologischeskoi stantsii = Travaux de la Station limnologique du Lac Baikal v. 6: 59-68.] It is a rare
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 ...
, deep water-dwelling 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 ...
, in
Russia. It dwells at a depth range of , and inhabits silty sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum
total length of .
The diet of ''N. werestschagini'' consists of
bony fish
Osteichthyes (), popularly referred to as the bony fish, is a diverse superclass of fish that have skeletons primarily composed of bone tissue. They can be contrasted with the Chondrichthyes, which have skeletons primarily composed of cartilag ...
,
gammarids, and debris.
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References
werestschagini
Fish described in 1935
Taxa named by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev
Fish of Lake Baikal
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