Neocottus werestschagini
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Neocottus |
| Species: | N. werestschagini
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| Binomial name | |
| Neocottus werestschagini (Taliev, 1935)
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Neocottus werestschagini is a deepwater sculpin.[2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1935, originally under the genus Abyssocottus.[3] It is a rare freshwater, deep water-dwelling fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, in Russia. It dwells at a depth range of 877 to 1,400 metres (2,877 to 4,593 ft), and inhabits silty sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 9.8 centimetres (3.9 in).[2]
The diet of N. werestschagini consists of bony fish, gammarids, and debris.[4]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Taliev, D. N., 1935 [ref. 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.
- ^ Food items reported for Neocottus werestschagini at www.fishbase.org.
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