Lepidobero | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cottidae |
Subfamily: | Cottinae |
Genus: |
Lepidobero K. J. Qin & X. B. Jin, 1992 |
Species: | L. sinensis
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Binomial name | |
Lepidobero sinensis K. J. Qin & X. B. Jin, 1992
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Lepidobero is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Its only species is Lepidobero sinensis which is endemic to China.
Lepidobero was first proposed as a genus in 1992 by the Chinese biologists in Qin Ke-Jing and Jin Xin-Bo when they described its only species Lepidobero sinensis with its type locality given as Hei-Shi-Jiao, Dalian in Liaoning. [1] This taxon is placed in the family Cottidae by some authorities, [2] while others place it in the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae. [3]