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Artediellichthys nigripinnis (Schmidt, 1937)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 9 - 11. Yellowish gray, darker on head and tail; dorsal anal, pectoral and pelvic fins completely black; caudal fin dusky (Ref. 43939).

Common Names

  • Blackfin hookear sculpin , English , Alaska

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

    Family: Cottidae

    Genus: Artediellichthys

    Species: Artediellichthys nigripinnis (Schmidt, 1937)

    Climate Zone

  • benthopelagic

    • Location

  • Pacific Ocean: South-central Bering Sea; eastern Gulf of Alaska; western Bering Sea off Cape Navarin to Pacific Ocean off Kuril Islands and to the Sea of Okhotsk.

    • Biology

    Found on the bottom; also in the water column over bottom depths to 3,730 m (Ref. 43939).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic