Eyeshade Sculpin

The only member of the sculpin family Hemitripteridae to venture into the Arctic Ocean

Tall, sail-like 1st dorsal fin; Ttiny sharp prickles all over body; Knobby spines on top of head; Blackish bar through eye and across cheek; The prickles are modified platelike scales bearing a single skin-covered spinules.

Unstudied

Subarctic-arctic; Benthic, in shallow water near shore to depth of 422 m (49-1,385 ft), typically < 135 m,; On coarse substrates including broken shell, sand, pebbles, and rock; Prefers near-bottom temperatures above 0°C (to 9.8-11.4°C off Pt. Hope, eastern Chukchi Sea); Presence indicates warm water in northern Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea

Little is known; About 50 eggs, 2.5-2.7 mm in diameter