| Cottus dzungaricus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. dzungaricus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottus dzungaricus Kottelat, 2006 | |
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Cottus dzungaricus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to China. It reaches a maximum length of 10.0 cm.[1] This species was first formally described in 2006 by the Belgian ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat a replacement name for Li & Ho's Cottus sibiricus altaicus of 1966, a name preoccupied by Cottus poecilopus altaicus which had been named by Nicholas Feofanovich Kaschenko in 1899. The type locality is Altai, northern Sinkiang in China.[2] This species is distinguished from Cottus sibiricus by having a naked body whereas C. sibiricus is covered in prickles.[3] The specific name dzungarius, means belonging to Dzungaria, northern Xinjiang where the species is found.[4]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cottus dzungaricus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
- ↑ Kottelat, M. (2006). Fishes of Mongolia. A check-list of the fishes known to occur in Mongolia with comments on systematics and nomenclature. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.