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Icelus spiniger

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Icelus spiniger
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Icelus
Species:
I. spiniger
Binomial name
Icelus spiniger

Icelus spiniger, the thorny sculpin, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the North Pacific, the eastern Sea of Okhotsk to Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea to Agattu Island in the Aleutian island chain and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.[1]

Size

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This species reaches a length of 24.0 cm (9.4 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icelus spiniger". FishBase. February 2015 version.