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.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Hemitripteridae
Genus: Blepsias
Maximum length: 20 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and to San Simeon, central California, USA.

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