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threaded sculpin

Gymnocanthus pistilliger

Classification

Family
Cottidae

Gymnocanthus pistilliger, the threaded sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Gymnocanthus pistilliger was first formally described as Cottus pistilliger in 1815 by the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas with the type locality given as Unalaska Island and Port Avatsch.

Distribution

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