Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 43239), usually 0 - 20 m (Ref. 43239). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan and Korea (Ref. 37630).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 15 - ? cm
Max length : 30.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 559)
Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in tide pools or the intertidal zone to 20 m depth, on sandy-mud bottoms and among rocks of rocky reefs (Ref. 43239); also in eelgrass (Zostera marina) beds (Ref. 559). Sometimes to 200 m depth (Ref. 43239). Feeds on gammarids. Juveniles associate with drifting seaweed (Ref. 12114, 12115). Although rarely used for commercial food, this species is highly valued as fried fish in the spring months in Tokyo and neighboring areas (Ref. 7031).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition II. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp 867-1749. (Ref. 43239)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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