Hemitripteridae

silverspotted sculpin

Blepsias cirrhosus

Silver spotted fish roaming the north Pacific

• Silver
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• North America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Blepsias cirrhosus, the silverspotted sculpin, is a species of sculpin belonging to the subfamily Hemitripterinae of the family Agonidae. This species is found the northern Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan and Alaska to San Miguel Island off southern California.