An elongated marine fish with a long-based spiny dorsal fin and an oblique mouth that is almost vertical. It occurs in the NW Atlantic and the North Pacific.
Family Cryptacanthodidae: several genera and species
Example sentencesExamples
- The wrymouth was collected and returned to the Sea Life Center for display.
- The wrymouths are slender, eel-like fishes, close relatives of the blennies but much larger.