Hexagrammos decagrammus, Kelp greenling : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810)

Kelp greenling
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad ? - 46 m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 66°N - 32°N

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Eastern Pacific: Amchitka Island, in the Aleutian chain (Ref. 27436) to La Jolla, southern California, USA.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 27436); peso máximo publicado: 2.1 kg (Ref. 27436); edad máxima reportada: 18 años (Ref. 55701)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 21 - 22; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 24; Espinas anales: 1; Radios blandos anales: 23 - 24. Caudal broadly rounded or truncate.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs in rocky inshore areas, common on kelp beds, also on sand bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaete worms, brittle stars, mollusks, and small fishes (Ref. 28499). Young are food of steelheads and salmon (Ref. 6885). Frequently caught by shore and skiff fishers and speared by divers (Ref. 2850).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

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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: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 December 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 4.1 - 13, mean 8.6 °C (based on 128 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.5176   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00363 - 0.01908), b=3.12 (2.92 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.6   ±0.55 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=3-5; tmax=18).
Prior r = 0.23, 95% CL = 0.15 - 0.35, Based on 1 full stock assessment.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 42.4 [17.8, 81.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.392 [0.181, 0.862] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.4, 20.3] %; Omega3 = 0.782 [0.349, 2.160] g/100g; Selenium = 12.8 [6.9, 31.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 11.9 [3.7, 34.9] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.52 [0.36, 0.78] mg/100g (wet weight);