Description

Dorsal spines (total): 60 - 69; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 45 - 49. Caudal rounded.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

Family: Cryptacanthodidae

Genus: Cryptacanthodes

Species: Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Gilbert, 1896)

Climate Zone

Location

• Eastern Pacific: southeast Bering Sea to Eureka, northern California, USA.

Biology

Apparently lives partly buried in mud bottoms (Ref. 2850, 4925).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless