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Megalocottus taeniopterus (Kner, 1868)

Southern flathead sculpin
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Southern flathead sculpin, Yuzhnaya ploskogolovaya shirokolobka
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Sokolovskaya, T.G., A.S. Sokolovskii and E.I. Sobolevskii, 1998
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Distributed in the Amur Liman, Peter the Great Bay, and South Sakhalin (Ref. 2058). Found also in the basins of the Poronai and Tym' Rivers (Ref. 27681). 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: Berg, L.S., 1965
National Database:

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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: Megalocottus: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Kner.

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

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal.   Boreal

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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