Icichthys lockingtoni, Medusafish

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Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

Medusafish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: lockingtoni: Named after W.N. Lockington, ichthyologist at the CAS (Ref. 6885).
More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; pelagic-oceanic; depth range 0 - 900 m (Ref. 50610). Subtropical; 60°N -

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North Pacific: Japan and Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 6885)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 34-39; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 20 - 25. Caudal rounded with small notch, narrow; pectorals small, rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish gray to brown, darker on scale pockets, fins dusky to black (Ref. 6885).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near surface and to at least 91 m depth (Ref. 2850). Young are abundant offshore, often among jellyfish (Ref. 2850).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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