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Alcichthys elongatus (Steindachner, 1881)

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Alcichthys: Greek, alke, -es = strong, strenght (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Steindachner.

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

Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 269 m (Ref. 58496). Boreal

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Northwest Pacific: Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 44.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); common length : 31.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557); max. published weight: 1.0 kg (Ref. 56527)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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External fertilization with internal insemination (Ref. 101419). This is also called 'internal gametic association' which describes another unique phenomenon of the reproductive process. In this phenomenon, the presence of the spermatozoa in the ovarian cavity is done through copulation, but the spermatozoa entry into the egg and subsequent fertilization only occurred externally when the eggs are spawned and came into contact with seawater (Ref. 101419).

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Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition I. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp v-866. (Ref. 41299)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 26 January 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 3.6 - 17.3, mean 12.9 °C (based on 37 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00300 - 0.01523), b=3.17 (2.98 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100).