''Asprocottus'' is a

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

belonging to the

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Cottidae The Cottidae are a family of fish in the superfamily Cottoidea, the sculpins. It is the largest sculpin family, with about 275 species in 70 genera.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012)Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology ...

, the typical sculpins. These fishes are

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Lake Baikal Lake Baikal is a rift lake and the deepest lake in the world. It is situated in southern Siberia, Russia between the Federal subjects of Russia, federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk Oblasts of Russia, Oblast to the northwest and the Repu ...

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Species

There are currently eight recognised species in this genus: * ''

Asprocottus abyssalis ''Asprocottus abyssalis''is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These sculpins are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subsp ...

'' Taliev, 1955 * ''

Asprocottus herzensteini Herzenstein's rough sculpin (''Asprocottus herzensteini'') is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These sculpins are endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. It was described by Lev Berg in 1906.Berg, L ...

'' L. S. Berg, 1906 (Herzenstein's rough sculpin) * ''

Asprocottus intermedius ''Asprocottus intermedius'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of '' Asprocottus herzensteini''.Taliev, D. N. ...

'' Taliev, 1955 * ''

Asprocottus korjakovi ''Asprocottus korjakovi'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to the ancient lake Baikal in Siberia Siberia ( ; , ) is an extensive geographical region compris ...

'' Sideleva, 2001 * ''

Asprocottus minor ''Asprocottus minor'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It was described by Valentina Grigorievna Sideleva in 2001, originally as a subspecies of '' Asprocottus korjakovi''.Sideleva, V. G., ...

'' Sideleva, 2001 * ''

Asprocottus parmiferus ''Asprocottus parmiferus'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.. It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of '' Asprocottus herzensteini''.Taliev, D. N. ...

'' Taliev, 1955 * ''

Asprocottus platycephalus ''Asprocottus platycephalus'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955, originally as a subspecies of '' Asprocottus herzensteini''.Taliev, D. ...

'' Taliev, 1955 * ''

Asprocottus pulcher ''Asprocottus pulcher'' is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It was described by Dmitrii Nikolaevich Taliev in 1955.Taliev, D. N., 1955 ef. 4316''Sculpin fishes of Lake Baikal (Cottidae).'' Aca ...

'' Taliev, 1955

References

Abyssocottinae Taxa named by Lev Berg Fish of Lake Baikal {{Cottidae-stub