Slender cockscomb

Alectrias markevichi

A slender body across Japan Sea and South Kuril waters

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Elongated
Compressed cross-section
Small
Temperate fish

Slender cockscomb is a marine fish that inhabits ocean habitats. Records describe one especially distinctive detail: A slender body across Japan Sea and South Kuril waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Stichaeidae
Genus: Alectrias
Maximum length: 6.6 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Japan, Peter the Great Bay and Moneron Island (the Sea of Japan), South Kuril Strait.

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