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Family Hemitripteridae — Sailfin Sculpins or Sea Ravens
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Blepsias bilobus Cuvier, 1829. Crested Sculpin. To 27 cm (10.6 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Okhotsk
and Japan seas to eastern Chukchi Sea, Bering Sea, and Commander–Aleutian chain (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002) to southern British Columbia near Port Hardy (W. van Orden, pers. comm. with photograph
to C. W. M.). Adults at depths of 4–225 m (12–738 ft) (min.: UW 25338; max.: UW 25342). Juveniles
collected at the shallower depths and near surface (e.g., 60 cm [2 ft] depth by neuston net, UW 110284).
Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814). Silverspot Sculpin or Silverspotted Sculpin. To 20.0 cm (7.9 in) SL (Coad
1995). Okhotsk and Japan seas to western Bering Sea near Cape Olyutorskiy (59°44'N, 170°20'E; ZIN
17737) and Commander–Aleutian chain and Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al.
2002) to San Simeon, central California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal area and to depth of 95 m
(312 ft) (min.: Bolin 1944; max.: ZIN 44192). Reported to 150 m (492 ft; Sheiko and Fedorov 2000), but
voucher or other documentation not found in 2004 (B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934). Bigmouth Sculpin. To 73.4 cm (28.9 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Eastern Sea of Okhotsk (Vinnikov et al. 2004) and northern Kuril Islands to Commander–Aleutian
chain, Bering Sea to Cape Navarin, to north side of Alaska Peninsula (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to
Eureka, northern California (Allen and Smith 1988). At depths of 25–925 m (82–3,034 ft; Allen and
Smith 1988); mean depth of capture given as 364 m by Hoff and Britt (2003). Classified by some authors
in Ulca.
Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814). Shaggy Sea Raven. To 54 cm (21.3 in) TL (Tokranov 1992c). Japan Sea
off South Korea to Okhotsk Sea, to Commander Islands, western Bering Sea to Cape Olyutorskiy; one
record from Kodiak Island, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 0.7–525 m
(2–1,722 ft) (min.: Markevich 2000; max.: Kim Sen Tok 2001), abundant to depth of 50 m (164 ft;
Vinnikov et al. 2004).
Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard, 1858). Sailfin Sculpin. To 20.3 cm (8 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Kodiak archipelago, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to San Miguel Island, southern
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to depth of 110 m (360 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al.
2002; max.: Miller and Lea 1972).
Nautichthys pribilovius (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898). Eyeshade Sculpin. To 10.9 cm (4.3 in) TL (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Japan and Okhotsk seas to Commander–Aleutian chain, Bering Sea to northern Chukchi
Sea off Wainwright, northwestern Alaska and to Steamer Bay, southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). At depths of 15 m (49 ft) or less to 422 m (1,385 ft) (min.: C. W. M., unpubl. data; max.:
Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Mistakenly reported to be from Russia (Mecklenburg et al. 2002), the 422-m
depth is from Unimak Pass, Alaska (ZIN 50213; B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Nautichthys robustus Peden, 1970. Shortmast Sculpin. To 8.0 cm (3.2 in) TL. Aleutian Islands and Bristol
Bay, southeastern Bering Sea, Alaska to northern Washington. Near shore to depth of 97 m (318 ft). All
in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Family Psychrolutidae — Blob Sculpins or Fathead Sculpins
Cottunculus sadko Essipov, 1937. Sadko Sculpin. To 16.6 cm (6.5 in) TL. Rare, sporadic records from Arctic
Ocean including Kara Sea and near Faroe Islands, and one record from Beaufort Sea off Alaska. At
depths of 300–839 m (984–2,753 ft). All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Dasycottus setiger Bean, 1890. Spinyhead Sculpin. To 45 cm (17.7 in) TL (Tokranov and Orlov 2001). Seas
of Japan and Okhotsk, Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan to Commander–Aleutian chain and
Bering Sea, Alaska to Navarin Canyon, to Washington (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 15–850 m
(49–2,789 ft; Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).