Asprocottus minor is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. [3] It was described by Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva in 2001, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus korjakovi.[4] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.[3]

Asprocottus minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Asprocottus
Species:
A. minor
Binomial name
Asprocottus minor
Sideleva, 2001
Synonyms[2]
  • Asprocottus korjakovi minor Sideleva, 2001

References

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  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Asprocottus minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159626665A159626686. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159626665A159626686.en. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. ^ Synonyms of Asprocottus minor at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Asprocottus minor". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  4. ^ Sideleva, V. G., 2001 [ref. 26181] List of fishes from Lake Baikal with descriptions of new taxa of cottoid fishes. In: New Contributions to Freshwater Fish Research. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Academy of Sciences USSR No. 287: 45-79.