Shaggy sea raven

Hemitripterus villosus

Fish Reaching Thirty Five Centimeters in Japanese Waters

Shaggy sea raven is known around Northwest Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 35 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Hemitripteridae
Genus: Hemitripterus
Maximum length: 35 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Northwest Pacific: Karaginskiy and Commander islands, Bering Sea to Okhotsk and Japan seas; one record from the western Gulf of Alaska.

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