| Family: |
Cottidae (Sculpins) |
| Max. size: |
14.8 cm SL (male/unsexed); 15.5 cm SL (female) |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 73 - 117 m |
| Distribution: |
Northwest Pacific: from the southern Sea of Okhotsk, Aniva Ba , Russia, and Hokkaido, Japan. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 10-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23-25; Anal soft rays: 23-25; Vertebrae: 45-47. Diagnosis: Differs from its congeners in having an interorbital width of 8.9-11.5% head length (HL); caudal fin truncate to slightly rounded; 18-31 well-developed dorsolateral scales ; 45-50 lateral line scales; 4-10 transverse dermal folds of breast; 67-99 oblique dermal folds; 23-25 dorsal-fin rays; 17-19 pectoral-fin rays; 7-12 gill rakers; first infraorbital pore length 3.6-5% HL; the peritoneum unpigmented or at most with few, widely spaced melanophores (Ref. 57076). |
| Biology: |
Specimens were trawled off bottoms of mud, fine sand, rock, and clay (Ref. 57076). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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