The Siberian sculpin (''Cottus sibiricus'') is a species of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...

belonging to the

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Cottidae The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology ...

, the typical sculpins.. It is found in

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n river basins of the

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from the Ob to

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rivers. It reaches a maximum length of 15.0 cm

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1837301 Cottus (fish) Fish described in 1889 Taxa named by Karl Kessler