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Oblong elkhorn sculpin
Alcichthys elongatus (Steindachner, 1881)
Also calledNijikajika (jpn) · vranka protáhlá (ces) · Продолговатый альцихт (rus) · Рогатка-алцихт (rus) · ニジカジカ (jpn) · 빨간횟대 (kor)
Alcichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the "typical" sculpins. The only species in the genus is Alcichthys elongatus, which occurs in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Range & habitat
Alcichthys is a marine, boreal fish which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including the Sea of Okhotsk and Japan. It dwells at a depth range of 15 to 269 m (49 to 883 ft), and inhabits rocky reefs.
In human culture
Alcichthys is a combination of alce, from alcicornis which was the specific name of the type species and which means "elk horn", assumed to be for the wide, flat and multipointed spine of the preoperculum, similar to the antlers of an elk, with ichthys, Greek for "fish". The specific name "elongatus" was give because Steindachner described the body as "strongly stretched", in contrast to Bero elegans which he described in same paper.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2333975.