Cottidae

blacknose sculpin

Icelus canaliculatus

Cottid Fish beneath Japanese Waters

• Black
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Icelus canaliculatus, or the blacknose sculpin, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the North Pacific, from Hokkaido, Japan and the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to the Aleutian chain and the Gulf of Alaska.