Scientific Name
Chirolophis nugator
Common Name
Mosshead warbonnet
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 53 - 55;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 1;
Anal
soft rays: 37 - 42. Caudal rounded (Ref. 6885). Color variable- males brownish, sometimes with a red tinge; pale spots rimmed with darker on sides of body; spots fainter, smaller, and more numerous dorsally on sides; light on lower part of head with several brown streaks; white on pelvic fins and anterior part of anal fin; other fins with brown pigment spots in bands forming faint bars. Females nearly plain brown on body; in line spread along middle of dorsal fin about 13 dark spots each surrounded by a clear area to form prominent ocelli (Ref. 6885).