Northern range extensions of four nearshore marine fishes in Alaska

Abstract

Northern range extensions of Oxylebius pictus (Hexagrammidae), Syngnathus leptorhynchus (Syngnathidae), Synchirus gilli (Cottidae), and Citharichthys stigmaeus (Bothidae) are reported. All four species were collected north of 60-degrees-N in Prince William Sound in the Gulf of Alaska from April through June 1989. This is the first published account of a verified specimen of O. pictus in Alaska.