Icelus canaliculatus, or the blacknose sculpin, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the North Pacific, from Hokkaido, Japan and the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea to the Aleutian chain and the Gulf of Alaska.[1]

Icelus canaliculatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Icelus
Species:
I. canaliculatus
Binomial name
Icelus canaliculatus

Size

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This species reaches a length of 21.1 cm (8.3 in).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icelus canaliculatus". FishBase. February 2015 version.