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Blepsias bilobus Cuvier, 1829

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 22; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 18 - 20. Caudal fin rounded. Pelvic fins small.

Common Names

  • Crested sculpin , English , Canada
  • Crested sculpin , English , USA
  • Crested sculpin , English , Alaska
  • Crested sculpin , English , Global
  • Kare poisehärg , Estonian , Estonia
  • Hokake-anahaze , Japanese , Japan
  • 까치횟대 , Korean , Korea (South)
  • 双叶密棘杜父鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 双叶旗杜父鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙葉密棘杜父魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 雙葉旗杜父魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Dvulopastnoy bychok , Russian , Russia
  • бычок двулопастной , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

    Family: Agonidae

    Genus: Blepsias

    Species: Blepsias bilobus Cuvier, 1829

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

  • North Pacific: northern Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and to northern British Columbia, Canada; more common in the northwestern Pacific.

    • Biology

    Found near shore (Ref. 2850); often well above the bottom (Ref. 48798).

    Habitat

    demersal

    Conservation Status

    Not Evaluated

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless