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twohorn sculpin (Icelus bicornis)
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Cottidae

twohorn sculpin

Icelus bicornis

Fish Reaching Fifteen Point Seven Centimeters in the Atlantic Ocean

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

The twohorn sculpin (Icelus bicornis) is an Arctic benthic fish species of the order Scorpaeniformes.

Family
Cottidae
Genus
Icelus
Maximum length
15.7 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Western Atlantic: Canadian Arctic to Hudson and Ungava bays and Newfoundland in Canada. Eastern Atlantic: Greenland, Iceland, Jan Mayen, Spitzbergen, Barents and Kara seas, Bohuslän in Norway (Ref. 4926 ). Reported from the Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Ref. 28503 ).

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