Finding of Amur Sculpin Mesocottus haitej and Cottus szanaga (Cottidae) in Tugur River Basin (Khabarovsk Krai, Russia)

P. A. Saveliev^a^, *, S. F. Zolotukhin^b, and A. N. Kanzeparova^b
Translated by D. Martynova

^aNational Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (NCSMB RAS), Vladivostok, Russia

^bKhabarovsk Branch, Pacific Scientific Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography (KhTINRO), Khabarovsk, Russia

Correspondence to: *e-mail: tomthumb@mail.ru

Received 28 March, 2016

Abstract—The first official finding of the Amur sculpin Mesocottus haitej and Cottus szanaga is reported for the basin of Tugur River (Shantarsky zoogeographical region). Previously, these species were known for this region from the literature only.

Keywords: Amur sculpin Mesocottus haitej, Cottus szanaga, Shantary zoogeographical region, new finding, geographic range, description

DOI: 10.1134/S0032945217040130