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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Johann Friedrich (Fedor Fedorovich) von Brandt (1802–1879) was a German zoologist, surgeon, pharmacologist and botanist who moved to Russia (1831). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / profondeur / distribution range
Écologie
marin démersal; profondeur 0 - 140 m (Ref. 50550), usually 25 - 50 m (Ref. 56527). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Hokkaido to the northern Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 56527); poids max. publié: 1.2 kg (Ref. 56527)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 8 - 10; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 15 - 16; Épines anales: 0; Rayons mous anaux: 12 - 14.
Inhabits seaweed beds, or waters shallower than 60 m (Ref. 41299).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Réf.
123201): 1.5 - 10.2, mean 2.5 °C (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Réf.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00281 - 0.01234), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Réf.
69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Réf.
120179): Faible, temps minimum de doublement de population : 4,5 à 14 années (Assuming tmax>10; K=0.49-0.62).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
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