Icelus spatula, or the spatulate sculpin, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the Arctic and the Northwestern Atlantic.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Icelus |
| Species: | I. spatula
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| Icelus spatula C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
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Description
editJuveniles of the species have two dark colored patches on their body. As they age, these patches break up to form intermittent brown spots. The tail fin is also speckled, while the anal and pelvic fins are uncolored.[2] The average length is 12.9 cm, with a maximum reported age of seven years.[4]
Size
editThis species reaches a length of 21.0 cm (8.3 in).[5]
Etymology
editThe fish is named after a paddle, a spoon or a broad blade used for stirring, referring to “distinctly spatular” shape of the anal papilla of the male.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Icelus spatula". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- ^ a b Fedorov, V.V., 1986. Cottidae. p. 1243-1260. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 3.
- ^ Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p.
- ^ Tokranov, A.M. and A.M. Orlov, 2005. Some features of the biology of Icelus spatula (Cottidae) in Pacific waters off the northern Kuril Islands. J. Ichthyol. 45(3):229-236.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icelus spatula". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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