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Artediellus uncinatus (Reinhardt, 1834)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Caudal fin rounded. Light with dark, pale brown or reddish mottling; dorsal fin with small, roundish white blotches on a dark background, especially distinct in males; anal and pectoral fins with dark cross-bars; caudal fin with blotch on base (Ref. 4698).

Common Names

  • Grønlandsk halvulk , Danish , Denmark
  • Halvulk , Danish , Denmark
  • Arctic hookear sculpin , English , Canada
  • Arctic hookear sculpin , English , UK
  • Arctic hookear sculpin , English , USA
  • Arctic hookear sculpin , English , Alaska
  • Arctic sculpin , English , USA
  • Hookear sculpin , English , USA
  • Hookhorn sculpin , English , UK
  • Snowflake hookear , English , Canada
  • Krøkilskrutt , Faroese , Faeroe Is.
  • Crapaud de mer , French , Canada
  • Crochet arctique , French , Canada
  • Hameçon neigeux , French , Canada
  • Hameçon neigeux , French , Canada
  • 杜父魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Garbonos , Polish , Poland
  • Grenlandskiy bychok-kryuchkorog , Russian , Russia
  • Grenlandsky krjuchkorog , Russian , Russia
  • крючкорог полярный , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

    Family: Cottidae

    Genus: Artediellus

    Species: Artediellus uncinatus (Reinhardt, 1834)

    Climate Zone

  • demersal

    • Location

  • Northwest Atlantic: Labrador in Canada south to Cape Cod in Massachusetts, USA; around Greenland. Also Arctic Alaska westward to Point Barrow. Northeast Atlantic: Greenland.

    • Biology

    Found on sand, mud or hard bottoms (Ref. 4698). Benthic; feeds on invertebrates (Ref. 58426).

    Habitat

    demersal