armoured sculpin

Gymnocanthus galeatus

Cottid Fish from Five Hundred Seventy Nine Meters

armoured sculpin is known around North Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 46 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Gymnocanthus
Maximum length: 46 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan to south of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska to Agattu Island in the Aleutian chain and Wales Island, British Columbia, Canada.

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