Chinese sleeper
(Perccottus glenii)

Classification

Species: Perccottus glenii
Genus: Perccottus - Chinese sleepers
Family: Odontobutidae - Freshwater sleepers
Order: Gobiiformes - Gobies
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Chinese sleeper, Amur sleeper
Local names: Rotan
Habitat: Freshwater
Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
Native: Europe
Distribution: Amur, Volga, Lake Baikal, Don, Northern Dvina, Daugava (Western Dvina), River Ob, Ural, Dnieper, Dniester, Danube

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