Cottus dzungaricus

Cottus dzungaricus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottus
Species:	C. dzungaricus
Binomial name
	Cottus dzungaricus; Kottelat, 2006
Synonyms
	Cottus sibiricus altaicus Li & Ho, 1966;

Cottus dzungaricus is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is endemic to China. It reaches a maximum length of 10.0 cm.[1] This species was first formally described in 2006 by the Belgian ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat a replacement name for Li & Ho's Cottus sibiricus altaicus of 1966, a name preoccupied by Cottus poecilopus altaicus which had been named by Nicholas Feofanovich Kaschenko in 1899. The type locality is Altai, northern Sinkiang in China.[2] This species is distinguished from Cottus sibiricus by having a naked body whereas C. sibiricus is covered in prickles.[3] The specific name dzungarius, means belonging to Dzungaria, northern Xinjiang where the species is found.[4]

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cottus dzungaricus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
Kottelat, M. (2006). Fishes of Mongolia. A check-list of the fishes known to occur in Mongolia with comments on systematics and nomenclature. The World Bank, Washington, DC.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cottus dzungaricus" in FishBase. February 2014 version.

[CofF-2] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 January 2023.

[Kottelat-3] Kottelat, M. (2006). Fishes of Mongolia. A check-list of the fishes known to occur in Mongolia with comments on systematics and nomenclature. The World Bank, Washington, DC.

[ETYFish-4] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 18 January 2023.