Atlantic Warbonnet

Snout blunt; mouth frog-like. With a large fringed tentacle above each eye, a smaller one in front and others on top of head and on the anterior dorsal fin spines. First anal fin ray a short flexible spine. Lateral line represented by a dorsal and a mediolateral branch of neuromasts (the former begins as a short canal, with 4-5 pores.

Fry pelagic (Ref. 4782).

Dorsal spines (total): 50 - 54; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Analsoft rays: 35 - 40

Usually over rocks and among seaweeds, never in intertidal zone, at 20 m, but descends from 100-280 m (Ref. 4782). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on bottom invertebrates (small mollusks, polychaetes, hydroids, sponges), also algae (Ref. 4782).

Usually over rocks and among seaweeds, never in intertidal zone, at 20 m, but descends from 100-280 m (Ref. 4782). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on bottom invertebrates (small mollusks, polychaetes, hydroids, sponges), also algae (Ref. 4782). Spawns in October - December (Ref. 35388).

fisheries: of no interest

Chirolophis ascanii, or Yarrell's blenny, is a species of fish belonging to the family Stichaeidae. It is native to Northern European coasts. It was named for the English naturalist William Yarrell.

Feeds on bottom invertebrates (small molluscs, polychaetes, hydroids, sponges), also algae

Baffin Island to Gulf of St Lawrence and eastern Newfoundland

Usually over rocks and among seaweeds, never in intertidal zone, at 20 m, but descends from 100-280 m.

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