WoRMS name details
Gymnocanthus triscuspis (Reinhardt, 1832)
159513 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159513)
unaccepted (spelling variation)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution circumpolar; from Baffin Island and Hudson Bay westward through Northwest territories marine waters. On the Canadian...
Distribution circumpolar; from Baffin Island and Hudson Bay westward through Northwest territories marine waters. On the Canadian Atlantic coast, common off Labrador, uncommon around Newfoundland and the Gulf and estuary of the St. Lawrence River; rarely in the Bay of Fundy [details]
WoRMS (2025). Gymnocanthus triscuspis (Reinhardt, 1832). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159513 on 2025-11-16
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on small benthic amphipods and polychaetes [details]Distribution circumpolar; from Baffin Island and Hudson Bay westward through Northwest territories marine waters. On the Canadian Atlantic coast, common off Labrador, uncommon around Newfoundland and the Gulf and estuary of the St. Lawrence River; rarely in the Bay of Fundy [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Burrows into sand and sand-mud bottoms with salinities of 32-35 ppt, sometimes as low as 16-30 ppt. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Arctic staghorn sculpin | [details] |
