Biology:Cryptacanthodes giganteus

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Short description: Species of fish

Cryptacanthodes giganteus
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
  • Ophidium giganteum Kittlitz, 1858
  • Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz, 1858)
  • Delolepis giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858)
  • Delolepis virgatus T. H. Bean, 1882

Cryptacanthodes giganteus, the giant wrymouth, 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.[1] Like the wolf eel, giant wrymouths are easily mistaken for eels.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3754570 entry