Cyphocottus eurystomus

Cyphocottus eurystomus is a deepwater sculpin.[2] It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of Asprocottus megalops.[3] It is a freshwater fish which is endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 50–600 metres.[2]

Cyphocottus eurystomus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Abyssocottidae
Genus: Cyphocottus
Species:
C. eurystomus
Binomial name
Cyphocottus eurystomus
(Taliev, 1955)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asprocottus megalops eurystomus Taliev, 1955
  • Limnocottus eurystomus (Taliev, 1955)

References
  1. Synonyms of Cyphocottus eurystomus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Cyphocottus eurystomus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Taliev, D. N. 1955 [ref. 4316] Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae). Acad. Sci. USSR, Moscow and Leningrad. 1–603.
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