Arctic staghorn sculpin (Gymnocanthus tricuspis)

Scientific name: Gymnocanthus tricuspis Reinhardt, 1830

Arctic staghorn sculpin (Gymnocanthus tricuspis)

The Arctic staghorn sculpin (Gymnocanthus tricuspis) is a marine fish of the family Cottidae.

Biology

Burrows into sand and sand-mud bottoms with salinities of 32-35 ppt, sometimes as low as 16-30 ppt. Benthic. Feeds on small benthic amphipods and polychaetes.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Gymnocanthus tricuspis
Family
Cottidae (Sculpins)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
30.0
Depth range
0–451 m (0–1480 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 451 m
Climate
Polar
Distribution
Arctic, Northwest to Northeast Atlantic: to Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada and rarely Maine, USA. Northeast Atlantic: eastern coasts of Greenland, Iceland, northern coast of Norway to White and throughout Barents Sea to Spitzbergen and Novaya Zemlya.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=2-4; tmax=9; Fec=3,030)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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