Cryptacanthodes giganteus

Cryptacanthodes giganteus
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cryptacanthodidae
Genus: Cryptacanthodes
Species: C. giganteus
Binomial name
Cryptacanthodes giganteus
(Kittlitz, 1858)
Synonyms
  • Ophidium giganteum Kittlitz, 1858
  • Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz, 1858)
  • Delolepis giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858)
  • Delolepis virgatus T. H. Bean, 1882

Cryptacanthodes giganteus, the Giant wrymouth, is a species of wrymouth found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea to northern California where it is believed to spend most of its life buried in soft areas at the bottom of the ocean at depths of from 6 to 128 metres (20 to 420 ft). This fish can reach a length of 117 centimetres (46 in) TL.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Cryptacanthodes giganteus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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