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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335). More on author: Cuvier.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologie
; marien demersaal; diepteverspreiding 0 - 680 m (Ref. 50550), usually ? - 80 m (Ref. 43939). Temperate
North Pacific: Chukchi Sea to Bearing Sea, eastern Aleutian Is., and Gulf of Alaska to Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet; SE Alaska at Limestone Inlet; to Okhotsk and Japan seas as far as northern North Korea.
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Leeftijd
Maturity: Lm ?, range 43 - 51 cm
Max length : 74.0 cm TL mannelijk/geslacht niet bekend; (Ref. 56527); Maximaal gepubliceerd gewicht: 8.0 kg (Ref. 56527)
Korte beschrijving
Morfologie | Morfometrie
Dorsale stekels (totaal): 8 - 10; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 14-17; Anale stekels 0; Anale zachte stralen: 13 - 15. Head depressed, with bony spines and ridges dorsally (Ref. 559). Rounded bony plates bearing serrated margin present on dorsolateral surface of body (Ref. 559).
Found in shallow waters (Ref. 2850), on sand and mud bottoms from intertidal zone to depths often not greater than 80 m; seldom caught deeper than 150 m (Ref. 43939).
Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p. (Ref. 43939)
Status op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 123251)
CITES (Ref. 118484)
Not Evaluated
Gevaarlijk voor mensen
Harmless
Gebruik door de mens
Visserij: van geen belang
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
115969): -0.4 - 6.9, mean 2.4 °C (based on 1768 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00392 - 0.01338), b=3.08 (2.92 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 4.1 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 7.3 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Weerstandsvermogen (Ref.
120179): laag, minimale populatieverdubbelingstijd 4,5-14 jaar (Assuming Fec=10-100).
Kwetsbaarheid (Ref.
59153): High vulnerability (56 of 100) .