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Yellow Irish Lord
Hemilepidotus jordani
Hemilepidotus jordani, commonly known as the yellow Irish lord, is a species of fish in the family Cottidae, the largest family of fishes referred to as sculpins.
From the article Yellow Irish lord on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The mature animal is 34–38 cm (13–15 in) in length. Dorsal coloration consists of alternating black and yellow stripes with small white spots laterally. The ventral surface is cream-colored. The fish has 11–12 dorsal spines, 18–23 dorsal soft rays and 35 vertebrae. This species has a maximum published total length of 65 cm (26 in). There is an incision in the first dorsal fin. There are thin cirri on the upper lip.
Range & habitat
Hemilepidotus jordani lives in benthopelagic marine environments of the northern Pacific Ocean, between 66°N–54°N, and 154°E–134°W. This corresponds to the northern Kuril Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula to the Gulf of Anadyr and Sitka, Alaska. This bathydemersal fish is found at depths between 257 and 604 m (843 and 1,982 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 221166.