Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 1100 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 46°N
North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan (Ref. 559) to the Bering Sea and southern Puget Sound, Washington, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Found on soft bottoms and possibly rocky bottoms (Ref. 2850). Reported near shore (Ref. 2850). Prefers low temperatures (Ref. 6885).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 1.5 - 6.8, mean 5.2 °C (based on 144 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
