Arctic Staghorn Sculpin

Gymnocanthus tricuspis

COLLECT VOUCHER: EBS SHELF

Dorsally brown reticulation without distinct saddles; interorbital narrow <10% of head length (interorbital width about half snout length); plates on head from completely absent to numerous extending from posterior orbit ending before 1st dorsal spine, plates rarely extend interorbitally and never extend onto orbit rims; nape area smooth with no obvious rows of knobs; cleithral spine emergent short and sharp; anal fin rays 15-18

Occurence: St. Matthew I. to Arctic; Atlantic; Japan

Depth: 0-240 meters    Size: 22 cm

Species code: 21315

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