Biology:Manacled sculpin

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Manacled sculpin
Synchirus gilli.jpg
Victoria, British Columbia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Synchirus
T. H. Bean, 1890
Species:
S. gilli
Binomial name
Synchirus gilli
T. H. Bean, 1890

The manacled sculpin (Synchirus gilli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it occurs along the coast from Alaska to southern California . This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Synchirus gilli" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1887004 entry