wrymouth

fish
Also known as: Cryptacanthodidae

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annotated classification

  • bluefin tuna
    In perciform: Annotated classification

    Family Cryptacanthodidae (wrymouths) Pelvic fins absent, mouth oblique. Marine, northern Atlantic and Pacific. 1 genus (Cryptacanthodes), 4 species. Family Stichaeidae (pricklebacks) Includes families Chirolophidae, Lumpenidae, Xiphiodontidae, Cebidichthyidae. Eel-like; body usually scaled; dorsal fin with spines only or some soft rays at

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