Microcottus sellaris, Brightbelly sculpin

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Microcottus sellaris (Gilbert, 1896)

Brightbelly sculpin
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Microcottus: Greek, mikros = small + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Gilbert.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 60 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate

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North Pacific: off the Okhotsk coast of Hokkaido to the northern Sea of Japan and the Bering Sea.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 56557)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 7 - 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 12 - 14; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 12. Four preopercular spines, the uppermost curved upward (Ref. 559). Supraocular cirrus simple (Ref. 559). Pelvic fin united with belly by means of a wide dermal fold (Ref. 559).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Common in the littoral zone at depths up to 30 m. Probably spawns in the littoral zone and its larvae and fry are transported to river estuaries in tides (Ref. 26949).

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

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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Preferred temperature (Referencia 123201): 1 - 7.1, mean 2.9 °C (based on 414 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Referencia 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [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).
Nivel trófico (Referencia 69278):  3.5   ±0.53 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Referencia 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 111 [43, 252] mg/100g; Iron = 0.42 [0.19, 0.96] mg/100g; Protein = 17.3 [15.0, 19.5] %; Omega3 = 0.638 [0.254, 1.788] g/100g; Selenium = 9.96 [4.19, 25.33] μg/100g; VitaminA = 32.2 [8.6, 110.7] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.866 [0.547, 1.514] mg/100g (wet weight);