| Family: |
Lumpenidae (Eel pricklebacks) |
| Max. size: |
42 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 150.0 g; max. reported age: 8 years |
| Environment: |
demersal; marine; depth range 25 - 1140 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to British Columbia, Canada, Sea of Okhotsk, Pacific coast of northern Japan, Korean Peninsula and Sado Island in Japan Sea, and Greenland. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 61-71; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 3-5; Anal soft rays: 36-42. Caudal rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish brown on dorsal surface, silvery to sooty blue on ventral surface, sooty blue on cheeks, opercles, and gill membranes; fins dark (Ref. 6885). |
| Biology: |
Found offshore (Ref. 2850); possibly the deepest-living lumpenine (Ref. 51666). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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