Shortspine thornyhead
Sebastolobus alascanus
- On view
- Into the Deep
- Animal type
- Fishes
- Ecosystem
- Deep sea
- Relatives
- Scorpionfish and rockfish; Family Sebastidae
- Diet
- Brittle stars, crustaceans, bivalves, polychaete worms, sculpins, skates, eelpouts
- Range
- From 70 to 4,900 ft. (20 to 1,500 m) in the North Pacific Ocean
- Size
- Total length to 32 inches (80 cm)
Meet the shortspine thornyhead
Fisheries that catch thornyheads along the West Coast of the United States are carefully managed. This helps ensure that populations of these and other slow-growing fish remain stable.
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