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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Icelinus: From Icelus = the Morpheus name; mythology.
Environment / Climate / Range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 201 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)
Eastern Central Pacific: off Sonoma County in central California, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico.
Occurs on soft bottom. Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406).
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 90363)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates of some properties based on empirical models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01097 (-0.17964 - 0.20159), b=3.02687 (2.91905 - 3.13469), based on LWR estimates for this family-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.49 se; Based on food items.
Resilience (Ref.
69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (26 of 100) .