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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Limnocottus: Greek, limne = swamp + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Wiktor Ignacy Aleksandrovich Godlewski (1831–1900) was a Polish collector. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Dybowski.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; bathydemersal; depth range 2 - 830 m (Ref. 2058). Deep-water
Asia: Endemic to Lake Baikal, Russia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2058)
A common sculpin of Lake Baikal which is known to occur over a silty bottom. Spawns in January and February (Ref. 26334).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997. An annotated check-list of the freshwater fishes of Russia. J. Ichthyol. 37(9):687-736. (Ref. 26334)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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