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Cottunculus microps Collett, 1875

Polar sculpin
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Greenland country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Common along the west coast from Godthåb Fjord and Davis Strait to Baffin Bay and Smith Sound. On the east coast from Kap Møsting and Angmagssalik to Kejser Franz Josephs Fjord and Danmarks Havn (Ref. 9926). Reported as S. sadko from the waters of northeast of Greenland and from Upernavik to Qaanaaq (Thule) (Ref. 9925). Also Ref. 9925.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/gl.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fedorov, V.V. and J.S. Nelson, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Psychrolutidae (Fatheads)
Etymology: Cottunculus: Greek, kottos = a fish, diminutive.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 165 - 1342 m (Ref. 58426), usually 165 - 215 m (Ref. 42091).   Deep-water; 79°N - 38°N, 76°W - 36°E

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