Cottus szanaga
Cottus szanaga is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in Mongolia and Russia. It reaches a maximum length of 8.2 cm.[2] This species was first formally described in 1869 by the Polish naturalist Benedykt Dybowski with its type locality given as the Onon River in the Amur River drainage basin of Russia.[3] The specific name szanaga is derived from Szanaga-sagasu, meaning "spoon fish" the Buryat dialect word for this fish n the Amur basin.[4]
| Cottus szanaga | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Cottus |
| Species: | C. szanaga |
| Binomial name | |
| Cottus szanaga Dybowski, 1869 | |
References
- Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Cottus szanaga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159631614A159631637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159631614A159631637.en. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Cottus szanaga" 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 22 January 2023.
- 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 21 January 2023.
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