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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Porocottus: Greek, poros = porous + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335); leptosomus: Named for its compressed body..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 1 m (Ref. 44254). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Korea, Yellow Sea.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.6 cm SL (female)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 18 - 19; Radios blandos anales: 12 - 14; Vértebra: 33 - 34. Two pairs of branched cirri on dorsal surface of head. Bases of head cirri smooth. A single filamentous cirrus on dorsal tip of each spine of first dorsal fin. Sixth canaliculus of infraorbital sensory canal with a single pore. A long posterior medial canaliculus of the occipital canal with a terminal and a few supplementary pores. Melanophores scattered on isthmus hidden beneath branchiostegal membrane. Body width 1.2-1.5 in body depth. Caudal fin rounded.
Occurs in tide pools (Ref. 44254).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproducción | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larva
Muto, F., Y. Choi and M. Yabe, 2002. Porocottus leptosomus sp. nov., from the west coast of Korea, Yellow Sea (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae). Ichthyol. Res. 49(3):229-233. (Ref. 44254)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
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