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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 / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 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.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 56527); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.2 kg (Ref. 56527)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 8 - 10; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 15 - 16; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 14.
Inhabits seaweed beds, or waters shallower than 60 m (Ref. 41299).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 1.5 - 10.2, mean 2.5 °C (based on 14 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
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).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (Assuming tmax>10; K=0.49-0.62).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).
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