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Cottocomephoridae, the bighead sculpins or Baikal sculpins, are a family of scorpaeniform fishes mostly endemic to Russia (one species ranges into Mongolia) where they are mostly found in Lake Baikal and surrounding lakes and rivers.[1]

Cottocomephoridae
Cottocomephorus grewingkii above
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Superfamily:	Cottoidea
Family:	Cottocomephoridae L. S. Berg, 1907
Genera[1]
Batrachocottus Cottocomephorus Leocottus Paracottus

The Catalog of Fishes does not recognize Cottocomephoridae as a separate family, but includes its members in the Cottidae.[2]

Members of Cottocomephoridae form a major part of the diet of the Baikal seal, especially in the autumn.[3]

See also

• List of fish families

References

Data related to Cottocomephoridae at Wikispecies

На других языках

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- [en] Cottocomephoridae

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[es] Cottocomephoridae

Los Cottocomephoridae son una familia de peces de agua dulce de Rusia.[1] Su nombre procede del griego: kotta (cabeza) + kome (melena) + pherein (llevar).[2]

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[ru] Желтокрылковые

Желтокрылковые[1], или байкальские бычки[2] (лат. Cottocomephoridae) — семейство глубоководных лучепёрых рыб из отряда скорпенообразных (Scorpaeniformes). 9 видов из Байкала.

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