Species: Icelinus tenuis
Spotfin Sculpin
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Scorpaeniformes
Family
Cottidae
Genus
Icelinus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Scorpaeniformes - Cottidae - Icelinus
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A fish (sculpin) with two long spines at the front of the first dorsal fin; maximum length about 14 cm.
Habitat Type Description
Marine
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
GNR
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Pacific coast of North America from the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, to central Baja California; Alaska (?) (Eschmeyer et al. 1983).