Species: Clinocottus acuticeps
Sharpnose Sculpin
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Cottidae
Genus
Clinocottus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Scorpaeniformes - Cottidae - Clinocottus - Formerly included in the order Perciformes; the 1991 AFS checklist (Robins et al. 1991) followed Nelson (1984) in recognizing the order Scorpaeniformes as distinct from the Perciformes.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Marine
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Based on its size and habitat it probably feeds on small invertebrates.
Reproduction Comments
Spawns in spring and summer; breeding observed at San Juan Islands of Washington on July 4 and ripe female taken on April 28 (Morrow 1980).
Ecology Comments
Very little information available.
Length
5
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1997-01-08
Global Status Last Changed
1997-01-08
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Big Sur River, Monterey County, California, north along the coast to Alaska, westward along Aleutian Chain to Attu Island. Recorded from Bering Sea side of Unimak and Unalaska islands in Aleutians (Morrow 1980).