Biology:Giant Wrymouth

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Giant Wrymouth
Cryptacanthodes giganteus Seattle Aquarium.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cryptacanthodidae
Genus: Cryptacanthodes
Species:
C. giganteus
Binomial name
Cryptacanthodes giganteus
(Kittlitz, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
  • (Kittlitz, 1858) Kittlitz, 1858
  • T. H. Bean, 1882 Delolepis gigantea
  • Ophidium giganteum (Kittlitz, 1858)
  • Delolepis giganteus Delolepis virgatus

The giant wrymouth (Cryptacanthodes giganteus) is a species of wrymouth found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to northern California where it is believed to spend most of its life buried in soft areas at the bottom of the ocean at depths of from 6 to 128 metres (20 to 420 ft). This fish can reach a length of 117 centimetres (46 in) TL. Like the wolf eel, giant wrymouths are easily mistaken for eels.[citation needed]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Cryptacanthodes giganteus" in FishBase. February 2022 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3754570 entry