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Opisthocentridae ("Rearspined fin pricklebacks")
Etymology: Pholidapus: Greek, pholis, -idos = scale + Greek, pous = feet (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Benedykt (Benoit) Tadeusz Dybowski (1833–1930) was a Polish biologist who was born in what is now Belarus. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Steindachner.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 146 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and the northern Sea of Japan.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 19.0, range 18 - 20 cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Found in seaweed beds near shore (Ref. 43239).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.8 - 10.3, mean 3.7 °C (based on 117 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [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): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 41.3 [23.6, 72.4] mg/100g; Iron = 0.334 [0.196, 0.576] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [17.0, 18.7] %; Omega3 = 0.374 [0.207, 0.650] g/100g; Selenium = 16.3 [8.5, 31.5] μg/100g; VitaminA = 13.2 [3.8, 46.0] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.636 [0.459, 0.886] mg/100g (wet weight);