Manacled sculpin

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Manacled sculpin
Victoria, British Columbia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Synchirus
T. H. Bean, 1890
Species:
S. gilli
Binomial name
Synchirus gilli
T. H. Bean, 1890

The manacled sculpin (Synchirus gilli) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean where it occurs along the coast from Alaska to southern California. This species grows to a length of 7 centimetres (2.8 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Synchirus gilli" in FishBase. December 2012 version.