Common name of Stiobia nana
 
Common Name Sculpin snail
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st Modifier fish
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'snail', from Old High German 'snahhan', i.e., 'to creep'; 'sculpin', i.e., fishes of the Family Cottidae, common name also employed for a scorpion fish, Scorpaena guttata.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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