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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Abyssocottidae

Deep-sea sculpins
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Scorpaeniformes
Family:Abyssocottidae
Genera
Abyssocottus
Asprocottus
Cottinella
Limnocottus
Procottus

The deep-sea sculpins are a small family (Abyssocottidae) of sculpins that are almost entirely restricted to Lake Baikal in Siberia, most of them living at depths below 170m. 20 species in 5 genera are known; some, such as Limnocottus godlewskii and Herzenstein's rough sculpin Asprocottus herzensteini being abundant in the lake.

The largest of the family is the red sculpin Procottus jeittelesii at just 28 cm long, while the dwarf sculpin Procottus gurwici reaches just 6 cm.

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