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Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837). Stout Eelblenny. To 18 cm (7.1 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Nearly circumpolar in Arctic Ocean; southern Greenland to Gulf of St. Lawrence; Barents Sea and along
Siberian coasts to Chukchi and Beaufort seas to Tatar Strait (northern Sea of Japan) and Okhotsk Sea,
and to southeastern Alaska at Auke Bay (Mecklenburg and Sheiko 2004) and Coco Harbor (55°03'N,
133°02'W; B. L. Wing, pers. comm. to C. W. M.). Depth range 2.5–265 m (8–869 ft) (min.: Thorsteinson
et al. 1991; max.: ZIN 50346). Classified by some authors in Lumpenus. Date of the original species
description is 1837, although previously given as 1836 (Mecklenburg and Sheiko 2004).
Anoplarchus insignis Gilbert & Burke, 1912. Slender Cockscomb. To 11.8 cm (4.6 in) TL (Peden and Wilson
1976). Attu Island, Aleutian Islands to Pribilof Islands and Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, Alaska (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002) to Arena Cove, northern California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Intertidal and to 55 m
(180 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: C. W. M., unpubl. data).
Anoplarchus purpurescens Gill, 1861. High Cockscomb. To 20 cm (7.8 in) TL (Hart 1973). Attu Island,
Aleutian Islands and Pribilof Islands, Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Santa Rosa Island, southern
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 30 m (100 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983), including
tidepools (Cross 1981).
Bryozoichthys lysimus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902). Longfin Moss Blenny, Longfin Prickleback, or Nutcracker
Prickleback. To 27 cm (10.6 in) SL (Tokranov and Orlov 2004). Sea of Japan off Primorskii Krai (Russian
coast; Antonenko et al. 2004), Hokkaido, and Tatar Strait, Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido, and Okhotsk Sea
to Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea north to Cape Navarin and vicinity of St. Matthew Island, and western
Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 45–490 m (148–1,608 ft; Lavrova 1990).
Bryozoichthys marjorius McPhail, 1970. Pearly Prickleback. To 30 cm (1 ft) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Western Aleutian Islands to Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to La Perouse Bank, southern
British Columbia (Peden and Wilson 1976). At depths of 99–374 m (325–1,227 ft) (min.: UW 110060;
max.: UW 22302). Incorrectly spelled majorius by some authors.
Cebidichthys violaceus (Girard, 1854). Monkeyface Prickleback. To 76.2 cm (30 in) TL (Miller and Lea
1972). Southern Oregon (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983) to Bahia San Quintin, northern Baja California
(Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to depth of 24 m (80 ft; Miller and Lea 1972), reported but not
confirmed to 91 m (300 ft; D. Pearson, pers. comm. to M. L.); typically intertidal.
Chirolophis decoratus (Jordan & Snyder, 1902). Decorated Warbonnet. To 42 cm (16.5 in) TL (Eschmeyer
and Herald 1983). Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to
Humboldt Bay, northern California (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). Subtidal and to depth of 91 m
(300 ft; Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Chirolophis nugator (Jordan & Williams, 1895). Mosshead Warbonnet. To more than 14.6 cm (5.75 in) TL
(Peden and Wilson 1976). Western Aleutian Islands, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to San Miguel
Island, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and to 80 m (264 ft; Miller and Lea 1972).
Chirolophis snyderi (Taranetz, 1938). Bearded Warbonnet or Wendell’s Warbonnet. To 41.7 cm (16.4 in)
TL (UW 21190). Sea of Okhotsk, west coast of Sakhalin (northern Sea of Japan), and Pacific coast of
Hokkaido to Bering and Chukchi seas, Aleutian Islands west to Adak Island (UW 21190), to northwestern
Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). At depths of 3–490 m (10–1,608 ft) (min.: Barsukov 1958;
max.: Lavrova 1990), typically less than 70 m (230 ft) .
Chirolophis tarsodes (Jordan & Snyder, 1902). Matcheek Warbonnet. To 17.6 cm (6.9 in) SL (Peden
1975). Pacific Ocean south of Sanak Islands and western Gulf of Alaska at Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Island
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002); Queen Charlotte Islands, northern British Columbia (Peden 1975). At depths
of 1–75 m (3–246 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
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