Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Caudal fin rounded. Head greyish-brown above, body lighter, with large, irregular dark spots forming cross-bands; stripes on all fins orange, pectoral tips white; oval black spot on hind part of spinous dorsal fin in males (Ref. 4698).

Common Names

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Hamecon , English , Canada

Hamecon , English , UK

Hamecon , English , USA

Hamecon , English , Alaska

Rough hookear , English , Canada

Kare konkssarv , Estonian , Estonia

Hameçon , French , Canada

Hameçon , French , France

Hameçon rude , French , Canada

粗糙杜父魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

粗糙杜父鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Sibirkrokulkw , Norwegian , Norway

Sherochovatiy krjuchkorog , Russian , Russia

Sherochovaty krjuchkorog , Russian , Russia

Sherokhovatiy kryuchkorog , Russian , Russia

крючкорог шероховатый , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Cottidae

Genus: Artediellus

Species: Artediellus scaber Knipowitsch, 1907

Climate Zone

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demersal

Location

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Northeast Atlantic: southeastern part of Barents Sea, off Novaya Zemlya, eastwards from Kara Sea to northern part of Bering Sea to Hudson Strait.

Biology

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Found on sand-mud bottoms, mostly in brackish waters with bottom temperatures mostly near to or below 0°C and salinities of 10-15 ppt (Ref. 4698). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small bottom invertebrates (Ref. 4698).

Habitat

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brackish