decorated warbonnet

Chirolophis decoratus

Head with featherlike cirri

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

The decorated warbonnet (Chirolophis decoratus) is a fish of the family Stichaeidae. The species name, decoratus, is a Latin word meaning ornamented. The decorated warbonnet was given its name because of the prominent cirri on its head which resembles the feathers in an Indian Chieftain's war bonnet.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Stichaeidae
Genus: Chirolophis
Maximum length: 42 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: North Pacific: Kamchatka, Russia through the Aleutian chain and the Bering Sea to the Bering Strait coasts of Alaska and Humboldt Bay, California, USA.

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