Short-headed sculpin

The short-headed sculpin (Cottinella boulengeri) ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is endemic to Lake Baikal in Russia. It lives at depths of from 400 to 1,600 metres (1,310 to 5,250 ft), and is not longer than 12.2 centimetres (4.8 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.^[2]

Short-headed sculpin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Superfamily:	Cottoidea
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Cottinella Berg, 1907
Species:	C. boulengeri
Binomial name
Cottinella boulengeri (Berg, 1906)
Synonyms[2]
Abyssocottus boulengeri Berg, 1906