Giant wrymouth

Cryptacanthodes giganteus
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Cryptacanthodidae
Genus:	Cryptacanthodes
Species:	C. giganteus
Binomial name
	Cryptacanthodes giganteus; (Kittlitz, 1858)
Synonyms
	Ophidium giganteum Kittlitz, 1858; Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz, 1858); Delolepis giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858); Delolepis virgatus T. H. Bean, 1882;

Cryptacanthodes giganteus, the Giant wrymouth, is a species of wrymouth found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to northern California where it is believed to spend most of its life buried in soft areas at the bottom of the ocean at depths of from 6 to 128 metres (20 to 420 ft). This fish can reach a length of 117 centimetres (46 in) TL.^[1]

References

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cryptacanthodes giganteus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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[1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cryptacanthodes giganteus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

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