Dwarf sculpin

Dwarf sculpin
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Procottus
Species:	P. gurwicii
Binomial name
	Procottus gurwicii; (Taliev, 1946)
Synonyms
	Metacottus gurwicii Taliev, 1946; Procottus gurwici (Taliev, 1946); Procottus jeittelesi minor Taliev, 1946;

Procottus gurwicii, the dwarf sculpin, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.^[4] It was discovered in 1946 when a single male specimen was found in the coastal waters of the lake, at a depth of about 93 metres. The specimen measured a total length of 6.2 centimetres.^[4]

References

^ Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Procottus gurwicii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159635875A159635994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159635875A159635994.en. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ Taliev, D. N. 1946 A new genus Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 54 (no. 1): 89-92.
^ Synonyms of Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.

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[iucn-1] Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Procottus gurwicii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159635875A159635994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159635875A159635994.en. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[Taliev,_1946-2] Taliev, D. N. 1946 A new genus Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 54 (no. 1): 89-92.

[3] Synonyms of Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-4] Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.

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