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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Triglops:Greek, trigla, es = red mullet + greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335). Eponymy: Dr Peter Christian Pingel (1793–1852) was a Danish geologist and Arctic scientist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 930 m (Ref. 58496), usually 18 - 91 m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 79°N - 41°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 117245)
Arctic: Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Ref. 28503). North Pacific: Japan through the Aleutian chain and the Bering Sea to Washington, USA. North Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Denmark (Ref. 27436). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7297); 20.2 cm SL (female); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 122394)
Dorsalspines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsalsoft rays (total): 23 - 26; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 23 - 26. Caudal fin small. Lower 7-8 rays of pectoral fins moderately exserted but not especially thickened. Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Maximum depth reported at 930 m (58426). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pietsch, T.W., 1993. Systematics and distribution of cottid fishes of the genus Triglops Reinhardt (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 109:335-393. (Ref. 7297)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
