Hemilepidotus gilberti Jordan & Starks, 1904
Gilbert's Irish Lord
Hemilepidotus gilberti
photo by Myoung, J.-G.

Family:  Cottidae (Sculpins)
Max. size:  36 cm SL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 800.0 g; max. reported age: 12 years
Environment:  demersal; marine; depth range 0 - 604 m
Distribution:  North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan to the Bering Sea.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 11-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20-22; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 14-19. Three zonal scale rows on body; a scale row of small ctenoid scales under the ventral scale row (Ref. 559). Four preopercular spines, the 2nd longest and simple, the 4th flattened; the first dorsal spine longer than the 2nd (Ref. 559).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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