| Family: |
Psychrolutidae (Fatheads) |
| Max. size: |
20 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
bathydemersal; marine; depth range 27 - 1025 m |
| Distribution: |
North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and Sea of Okhotsk to Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea, west in the Aleutian Islands to Stalemate Bank and Puget Sound, Washington, USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 8-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 11-12. Caudal bluntly rounded; pectorals large, emarginate, the inner surface joined to body by a fold of skin; pelvic fins small (Ref. 6885). Color gray to light brown dorsally, lighter below with fine dark speckling; several irregular brown blotches on dorsal surface, and light spots on sides; narrow light bands on margin of all fins (except pelvic) with darker band below; light bands on rayed dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins; mature males with golden margins on dorsal fins during breeding (Ref. 6885). |
| Biology: |
Usually on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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