| Family: |
Cottidae (Sculpins) |
| Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed); 20.2 cm SL (female); max. reported age: 6 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 930 m |
| Distribution: |
Arctic: Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Ref. 28503). North Pacific: Japan through the Aleutian chain and the Bering Sea to Washington, USA. North Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Denmark (Ref. 27436). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951). |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-26; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 23-26. Caudal fin small. Lower 7-8 rays of pectoral fins moderately exserted but not especially thickened. |
| Biology: |
Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Maximum depth reported at 930 m (58426). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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