threaded sculpin

Gymnocanthus pistilliger

Fish Reaching Twenty Eight Centimeters in Japanese Waters

threaded sculpin is known from North Pacific as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Gymnocanthus
Maximum length: 28 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk to the Chukchi Peninsula and Norton Sound, Alaska to Kiska Island in the Aleutian chain and southeastern Alaska.

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