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spatulate sculpin (Icelus spatula)
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Cottidae

spatulate sculpin

Icelus spatula

Dark spots scatter on body

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

spatulate sculpin is a marine fish of Arctic to Northwest Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 21 cm.

Family
Cottidae
Genus
Icelus
Maximum length
21 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Arctic to Northwest Atlantic: Ungava Bay, Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada and Greenland; Kara Sea and southeastern part of Barents Sea (Ref. 4698 ).

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