Pallid sculpin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Cottunculus |
Species: | C. thomsonii
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Binomial name | |
Cottunculus thomsonii (
Günther, 1882)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The pallid sculpin (Cottunculus thomsonii) is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes). [3] [4] [5] [6]
The specific name refers to Charles Wyville Thomson. [7]
The pallid sculpin is up to 43 cm (17 in) in length and up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) in weight. [2] It is greyish-brown in colour. [8]
The pallid sculpin is bathydemersal, living at depths of 100–1,600 m (330–5,250 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] [9]
Feeds on small invertebrates. [7]
Pallid sculpin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Psychrolutidae |
Genus: | Cottunculus |
Species: | C. thomsonii
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Binomial name | |
Cottunculus thomsonii (
Günther, 1882)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The pallid sculpin (Cottunculus thomsonii) is a species of fish in the family Psychrolutidae (blobfishes). [3] [4] [5] [6]
The specific name refers to Charles Wyville Thomson. [7]
The pallid sculpin is up to 43 cm (17 in) in length and up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) in weight. [2] It is greyish-brown in colour. [8]
The pallid sculpin is bathydemersal, living at depths of 100–1,600 m (330–5,250 ft) in the North Atlantic Ocean. [2] [9]
Feeds on small invertebrates. [7]