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Triglops pingeli Reinhardt, 1837
Ribbed Sculpin
Family: Cottidae
Introduction to the Fish

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© Aaron Baldwin     (Photo ID #13624)

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Species Information

Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 26; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 23 - 26. Caudal fin small. Lower 7-8 rays of pectoral fins moderately exserted but not especially thickened.

Source: FishBase. Pietsch, T.W. 1993 . (Ref. 7297)

Biology

Species Biology

Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Maximum depth reported at 930 m (58426). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698). Environment: demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 930 m (Ref. 58496), usually 18 - 91 m (Ref. 2850) Climate: temperate; 79°N - 41°N

Source: FishBase. Pietsch, T.W. 1993 . (Ref. 7297)

Distribution

Distribution

Arctic: Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Ref. 28503). North Pacific: Japan through the Aleutian chain and the Bering Sea to Washington, USA. North Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Denmark (Ref. 27436). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).

Source: FishBase. Pietsch, T.W. 1993 . (Ref. 7297)

Status Information

Origin StatusProvincial StatusBC List
(Red Blue List)		COSEWIC
NativeSNRNo StatusNot Listed



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