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Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski, 1874)

Kessler's sculpin
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Baunt sand sculpin, Bauntovskaya peschanaya shirokolobka, Kessler's sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Distributed along all the coasts of Baikal, entering the Upper Angara and Selenga rivers; also in the Gusinoe, Arakhlei and Tsandamskie lakes, as well as in the Baingol River in the Baikal basin (Ref. 26334). Type locality of C. kesslerii bauntovi, Baunt Lake, east of Lake Baical, Vitim R. basin, Buryatia (Ref. 26282). Also Ref. 42042. nEurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: 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
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology:   More on author: Dybowski.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; depth range 50 - 170 m (Ref. 2058), usually 50 - 70 m (Ref. 2058).   Boreal

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