Cottocomephoridae
Cottocomephoridae, or the bighead sculpins or Baikal sculpins, are a family of scorpaeniform fishes mostly endemic to Russia (one species ranges into Mongolia) where they are mostly found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.[1]
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| Family: | Cottocomephoridae L. S. Berg, 1907 |
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The Catalog of Fishes does not recognize Cottocomephoridae as a separate family, but includes its members in the Cottidae.[2]
Members of Cottocomephoridae form a major part of the diet of the Baikal seal, especially in the autumn.[3]
See also
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Cottocomephoridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- WN Eschmeyer, JD Fong (2015) Species by family/subfamily in the Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences (15 Feb 2015)
- "Baikal seal". baikal.ru. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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