Family Cryptacanthodidae - Wrymouths
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Actinopterygii
No. in FishBase
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Genera : 1 | Species : 4 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
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Fresh : No | Brackish : No | Marine : Yes
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Marine
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none
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Distribution: cold-temperate north Pacific and northwest Atlantic. Body elongate, rounded anteriorly and compressed posteriorly; head broad, depressed, with eyes set high. Lower jaw projecting; mouth large, oblique to nearly vertical. Dorsal and anal fins long, extending to caudal fin base or confluent with caudal fin; dorsal fin with 60-80 stiff spines, anal fin with 0-3 spines and 43-52 soft rays. Pectoral fins very small. Pelvic fins absent, pelvic girdle present. Nostrils tubular, one pair (posterior absent). Scales absent, except small cycloid scales present in Cryptacanthodes giganteus. Cephalic mechanosensory canals not opening to the outside. Trunk lateral line represented by widely spaced pit organs (superficial neuromasts). Vomerine teeth present; palatine teeth present in all except Cryptacanthodes aleutensis. Gill membranes broadly connected to the isthmus, gill openings not continued far forward. Branchiostegal rays 6. Gill rakers very short, less than 15 in number. Swim bladder absent. Vertebrae 71-88. Pale brown above and cream-colored below, with or without spots; or uniformly pink or red. Attain total lengths of 31-127 cm. Benthic, making extensive systems of tunnels with numerous exits by burrowing in soft substrates. Feeds on crustaceans and other invertebrates.
  Etymology
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Greek, kryptos = hidden + Greek, akantha = thorn ( Ref. 45335).
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Euteleosteomorpha | Neoteleostei | Eurypterygia | Ctenosquamata | Acanthomorphata | Euacanthomorphacea | Percomorphaceae | Percomorpharia | Perciformes | Cottoidei | Cryptacanthodidae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Cryptacanthodidae as currently in FishBase

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This list uses some data from Catalog of Fishes (not shown but used to sort names).

In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status;   2: Different status;   3: Other combination;   4: Synonym in CofF;   5: Species/Subspecies issue;   6: Synonym of another species in CofF;   7: Not in CofF;   8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).

The list ordered as follows:

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination CofF
acceptedseniororiginal2
Fierasfer borealis DeKay, 1842
synonymjuniororiginal2
synonymjuniororiginal2
Zoarcites pardalis Zugmayer, 1914
synonymjuniororiginal2
Cryptacanthodes giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858)
acceptedseniornew
Ophidium giganteum Kittlitz, 1858
synonymseniororiginal2
Delolepis gigantea (Kittlitz, 1858)
synonymseniornew
Delolepis giganteus (Kittlitz, 1858)
synonymseniornew
! Ophidium giganteus Kittlitz, 1858
synonymseniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal2
acceptedseniornew
Lyconectes aleutensis Gilbert, 1896
synonymseniororiginal2
Cryptacanthodes bergi Lindberg, 1930
acceptedseniororiginal
! Cryptacanthoides bergi Lindberg, 1930
synonymseniororiginal1
Lyconectes ezoensis Hikita & Hikita, 1950
synonymjuniororiginal2
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