Siberia : Lake Baikal and freshwater in the basin of this lake. They feed mainly on amphipods that live in the lake. [2] Freshwater fish, part deep-sea, part pelagic. They reach a maximum length of 18 cm. [3]
The name of the family comes from the Greek words Greek. kotta = head, Greek kome = hair (mane) and Greek. pherein = carry. [3]
9 species, 4 genera ( FishBase ). Previously combined with the Abyssocottidae family. [2]
- Genus Batrachocottus Berg - Large-headed broad-shouldered [1]
- Batrachocottus baicalensis (Dybowski, 1874) - Baikal large-headed broad-shouldered [1]
- Batrachocottus multiradiatus Berg, 1907 - Mixed-winged Shifter [1]
- Batrachocottus nikolskii (Berg, 1900) - Greasy large-headed broad-browed [1]
- Batrachocottus talievi Sideleva, 1999 - Taliba Talieva [1]
- Genus Cottocomephorus Pellegrin - Yellow - winged [1]
- Cottocomephorus alexandrae Taliev, 1935 - North Baikal yellow-winged wing [1]
- Cottocomephorus grewingkii (Dybowski, 1874) - Yellowwing [1]
- Cottocomephorus inermis (Yakovlev, 1890) - Long-winged Shifter [1]
- The genus Leocottus - Sand Shifter [1]
- Leocottus kesslerii (Dybowski, 1874) - Sand wide-leaved [1]
- Genus Paracottus Taliev - Stone Shafts [1]
- Paracottus knerii (Dybowski, 1874) - Stone Broad-sided [1]