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Moustache Sculpin

Triglops murrayi

Also known as: Murrays Groppe, Scaleless Sculpin

Adult
@scubagirlblues · Bay of Fundy, Canada · August 20211 / 3
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Overview

Found singly, over sandy bottoms, in the Barents Sea, and the White Sea, in both deep and shallow waters.
Widespread North Atlantic, Atlantic Coast of Northern Europe

Sculpins are small bottom dwelling fish, usually found in both shallow intertidal zones, of coasts and estuaries, and much deeper waters of the oceans, where they are often caught in trawl nets.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Northwest Atlantic, Northeast Atlantic
  • Country only · 3
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Found singly, over sandy bottoms, in the Barents Sea, and the White Sea, in both deep and shallow waters.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyCottidae
    6. genusTriglops
    7. speciesTriglops murrayi Günther, 1888

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    More in the family

    Sculpins (Cottidae)