Cottocomephorus
Genus of fishes in lake Baikal
title: "Cottocomephorus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cottinae", "cottocomephorus", "taxa-named-by-jacques-pellegrin", "scorpaeniformes-genera", "fish-of-lake-baikal"] description: "Genus of fishes in lake Baikal" topic_path: "general/cottinae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottocomephorus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of fishes in lake Baikal ::
| image = Cottocomephorus grewingkii.jpg | image_caption = Cottocomephorus grewingkii | taxon = Cottocomephorus | authority = Pellegrin, 1900 | type_species= Cottocomephorus megalops | type_species_authority = Pellegrin, 1900 | synonyms = * Baicalocottus Berg, 1903 | synonyms_ref =
Cottocomephorus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This genus is endemic to Lake Baikal and its surrounding tributaries in Russia. They have relatively large pectoral fins and reach up to 22 cm in total length. They are an important food for the Baikal seal, during the winter second only to the golomyankas.
Taxonomy
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Cottocomephorus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1900 by the French ichthyologist Jacques Pellegrin when he described Cottocomephorus megalops as a new species.
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
- Cottocomephorus alexandrae Taliev, 1935
- Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Dybowski, 1874) (Baikal yellowfin)
- Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev, 1890) (Longfin Baikal sculpin)
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Cottocomephorus_alexandrae.jpg" caption="Cottocomephorus alexandrae"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Cottocomephorus_inermis.jpg" caption="Cottocomephorus inermis"] ::
References
References
- {{Cof family
- {{FishBase genus. (2017)
- "Baikal seal". baikal.ru.
- (2016). "Fishes of the World". Wiley.
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