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Abyssocottidae
Elokhin sculpin
Abyssocottus elochini
Baikal sculpin dwelling two hundred fifty meters down
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- East Asia
- Small
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
SmallElokhin sculpin is a freshwater fish of deep Lake Baikal. It dwells around 250 meters down and remains closely associated with the dark lake bottom.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Abyssocottidae
- Genus
- Abyssocottus
- Maximum length
- 7.7 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Asia: Endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
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Order
Family
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