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Dasycottus setiger Bean, 1890

Spinyhead sculpin
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Spinyhead sculpin, Spinyhead sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 2850, 6793, 6885.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lamb, A. and P. Edgell, 1986
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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: Dasycottus: Greek, dasys = rough, dense + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bean.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 850 m (Ref. 50550).   Temperate; 66°N - 46°N

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