Limnocottus pallidus

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Limnocottus pallidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Limnocottus
Species: L. pallidus
Binomial name
Limnocottus pallidus
Taliev, 1948

Limnocottus pallidus is a deepwater sculpin.[1] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1948.[2] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 150-1000 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13.1 centimetres while females can reach a maximum TL of 14.6 cm. L. pallidus can reach a maximum weight of 16 grams, and can live up to 12 years.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Limnocottus pallidus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Taliev, D. N., 1948 [ref. 19628] On the rate and the causes of divergent evolution in the Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Trudy Baikal'skoi Limnologicheskoi Stantsii v. 12: 107-158.
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