taxon:Pisces, Cottoidae | species:Psychrolues phrictus |
axial status common | author: see also http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/jackson.hp/IWR/Taxa/Scorpaeniformes/Psychrolutidae/index.php |
This species is the giant of the family, reaching more than one meter in length, and almost the same in width. Their close relatives, the tadpole sculpin, Psychrolutes paradoxus, are the dwarves of the family-reaching no more than 7-10 cm in length |