Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 68 - 76; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 41 - 48. Caudal fin slightly grayish without dark bands; roof of oral cavity with a dark region (Ref. 559). Spines of pelvic and anal fins rigid and easily discernible from other soft rays (Ref. 559). Eye diameter less than snout length (Ref. 559).

Common Names

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Blackline prickleback , English , Canada

Blackline prickleback , English , USA

Pighead prickleback , English , Canada

Pighead prickleback , English , USA

Pighead prickleback , English , Alaska

Pighead prickleback , English , Global

Ogalimusk , Estonian , Estonia

Terrassier à six lignes , French , Canada

Nuimegaji , Japanese , Japan

馬氏刺北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

马氏刺北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鰻形北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鳗形北鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Kolyuchiy lyumpen , Russian , Russia

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

Family: Lumpenidae

Genus: Acantholumpenus

Species: Acantholumpenus mackayi (Gilbert, 1896)

Climate Zone

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demersal

Location

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North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering seas. Arctic Ocean: Arctic coast of Canada.

Biology

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Found over mud and sand bottoms to depths of about 56 meters; often in brackish waters (Ref. 51666). Benthic; feeds on worms, crustaceans, sea urchins and molluscs (Ref. 58426).

Habitat

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brackish