Xiphister atropurpureus (Kittlitz 1858)
- Dataset
- Checklist of marine and estuarine fishes from the Alaska-Yukon Border, Beaufort Sea, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Stichaeidae
- genus
- Xiphister
- species
- Xiphister atropurpureus
description
Black Prickleback. To 32.3 cm (12.7 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Kodiak Island, Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to near Isla San Martín (30 ° 26 ’ N, 116 ° 07 ’ W), northern Baja California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California). Benthic; depth: intertidal to 27 m (90 ft) (min.: Miller and Lea 1972; max.: Personal communication: University of Washington, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture Fish Collection, Seattle, Washington).