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Dwarf sculpin
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Procottus
Species:	P. gurwicii
Binomial name
Procottus gurwicii (Taliev, 1946)
Synonyms
Metacottus gurwicii Taliev, 1946 Procottus gurwici (Taliev, 1946) Procottus jeittelesi minor Taliev, 1946

Procottus gurwicii, the dwarf sculpin, is a species of freshwater fish endemic to Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia. It was discovered in 1946 when a single male specimen was found in the coastal waters of the lake, at a depth of about 93 metres. The specimen measured a total length of 6.2 centimetres.

References

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2020). "Procottus gurwicii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T159635875A159635994. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T159635875A159635994.en. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
2. Taliev, D. N. 1946 A new genus Cottoidei from Lake Baikal. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR, 54 (no. 1): 89-92.
3. Synonyms of Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.
4. ^ Procottus gurwicii at www.fishbase.org.

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