Whitetail sculpin

Malacocottus aleuticus

Broad dark band with black spots

White
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Small

Whitetail sculpin is a marine fish recorded from North Pacific: off southeastern Kamchatka and Sea of Okhotsk. It is associated with marine waters. It reaches about 9.8 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Malacocottus
Maximum length: 9.8 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: North Pacific: off southeastern Kamchatka and Sea of Okhotsk off southwest coast of Kamchatka, eastern Sakhalin Island, and Hokkaido, Japan. Also from the Bering Sea north of Rat Islands and Prince William Sound, Alaska.

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