Arctic staghorn sculpin

Gymnocanthus tricuspis

Fish Found at Four Hundred Fifty One Meters

Polar
Circumpolar Arctic
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
North America
Polar regions
Elongated
Medium
Cold-water fish

Arctic staghorn sculpin is a marine fish from Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Gymnocanthus
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Atlantic: to Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada and rarely Maine, USA. Northeast Atlantic: eastern coasts of Greenland, Iceland, northern coast of Norway to White and throughout Barents Sea to Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya (Ref. 4698 ).

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