Lumpenella longirostris (Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907)
Longsnout prickleback
Lumpenella longirostris
photo by Orlov, A.

 Family:  Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks), subfamily: Lumpeninae
 Max. size:  42 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 150.0 g; max. reported age: 8 years
 Environment:  demersal; depth range 25 - 1140 m
 Distribution:  North Pacific: Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to British Columbia, Canada, Sea of Okhotsk, Pacific coast of northern Japan, Korean Peninsula and Sado Island in Japan Sea, and Greenland.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 61-71; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0-0; Anal spines: 3-5; Anal soft rays: 36-42. Caudal rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish brown on dorsal surface, silvery to sooty blue on ventral surface, sooty blue on cheeks, opercles, and gill membranes; fins dark (Ref. 6885).
 Biology:  Found offshore (Ref. 2850); possibly the deepest-living lumpenine (Ref. 51666).
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Froese, Rainer - 01.05.91
 Modified by: Orlov, Alexei - 27.03.06
 Checked by: Torres, Armi G. - 27.07.94

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