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Hemilepidotidae
butterfly sculpin
Hemilepidotus papilio
Forty Five Centimeters Hemilepidotid Fish from Japanese Waters
- Temperate
- Circumpolar Arctic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- Polar regions
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Elongated
Mediumbutterfly sculpin is known from Arctic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Hemilepidotidae
- Genus
- Hemilepidotus
- Maximum length
- 45 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Arctic: Chukchi Sea. North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and Sea of Okhotsk and to Buldir Island in the Aleutian chain.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
