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Artedius lateralis (Girard, 1854)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 12 - 14. Caudal fin rounded. Lower 8 pectoral rays thickened and exserted. Pelvic fins small.

Common Names

  • Round-nosed sculpin , English , Canada
  • Smooth-head sculpin , English , Canada
  • Smooth-head sculpin , English , USA
  • Smoothhead sculpin , English , USA
  • Smoothhead sculpin , English , Alaska
  • 光首阿氏杜父魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 光首阿氏杜父鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ar bokoluski , Polish , Poland
  • Charrasco cabeza lisa , Spanish , Mexico

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

    Family: Cottidae

    Genus: Artedius

    Species: Artedius lateralis (Girard, 1854)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • North Pacific: Komandorski Islands, Russia and the Bering Sea coast of Alaska to the Aleutian chain and Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California, Mexico.

    • Biology

    Occurs in the intertidal (common) and to 13 m depth (Ref. 2850). May remain out of water under rocks or seaweeds (Ref. 31184). Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184).

    Habitat

    demersal