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Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814)

Silverspotted sculpin
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Silverspotted sculpin, Silverspotted sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Ranges south to San Simeon, central California (Ref. 2850). Also Ref. 4925, 6885, 11366, 27436.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinônimos | Catalog of Fishes(Gênero, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Agonidae (Poachers) > Hemitripterinae
Etymology: Blepsias: Greek, blepsias, -ou = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Pallas.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas demersal; intervalo de profundidade 0 - 150 m (Ref. 50550).   Temperate; 66°N - 34°N

Distribuição Países | Áreas da FAO | Ecossistemas | Ocorrências | Point map | Introduções | Faunafri

North Pacific: Sea of Japan to the Bering Sea and to San Simeon, central California, USA.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm SL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 559)

Descrição suscinta Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria

Espinhos dorsais (total) : 6 - 9; Raios dorsais (total) : 20 - 25; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 18 - 21. Caudal fin rounded. Pelvic fins small.

Biologia     Glossário (p.ex. epibenthic)

Occurs in intertidal areas and to 37 m depth, but more common in subtidal areas (Ref. 2850). Often found among algae (Ref. 2850). Adults inject eggs into the tissue near the gastral cavity of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34818).

Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento Maturities | Reprodução | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvas

External fertilization with internal insemination (Ref. 37516). Adults inject eggs into the tissue near the gastral cavity of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34818).

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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)

Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435)


CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Ameaça para os humanos

  Harmless




Uso pelos humanos

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