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Psychrolutes phrictus Stein & Bond, 1978 Blob sculpin |
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photo by
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae (Fatheads) | |||
| Max. size: | 70 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 9,500.0 g | |||
| Environment: | bathydemersal; marine; depth range 500 - 2800 m | |||
| Distribution: | North Pacific: Japan (Ref. 559) and the Bering Sea to off San Diego, California, USA. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 8-8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-20; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 12-14. Many small cirri scattered on head and body; no preopercular spine; branchiostegal membranes fused to isthmus; peritoneum pale (Ref. 559). | |||
| Biology: | Occurs in very deep waters (Ref. 2850). Feeds on sea pens, crabs and mollusks (Ref. 2850). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||