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Cryptacanthodes aleutensis

Dwarf Wrymouth
NS GNR
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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Perciformes (Perciformes, Also Called the Acanthopteri) Cryptacanthodidae (Wrymouths) Cryptacanthodes Cryptacanthodes aleutensis (Dwarf Wrymouth)

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: elongated. Caudal rounded.

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: southeast Bering Sea to Eureka, northern California, USA.

Habitat Associations

Marine. demersal. depth range 46-350 m.

Biology

Apparently lives partly buried in mud bottoms (Ref. 2850, 4925).
Max length: 30.0 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: N.E. (N.E.).

References

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983) A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p.
Hart, J.L. (1973) Pacific fishes of Canada. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 180:740 p.

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