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snake prickleback (Lumpenus sagitta)
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Lumpenidae

snake prickleback

Lumpenus sagitta

Dorsal fin patterns parallel the edge

  • Temperate
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Temperate fish

snake prickleback is a marine fish found around North Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 51 cm.

Maximum length
51 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
North Pacific: Sea of Japan and Sakhalin, Russia to St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea to Adak Island in the Aleutian chain and San Francisco, California, USA.

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