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Hexagrammos stelleri Tilesius, 1810

Whitespotted greenling
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335); stelleri: Named after G.W. Steller, naturalist with C.J. Bering's voyage of discovery (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Georg Wilhelm Steller (originally Stöhler) (1709–1746) was a German naturalist and explorer in the Russian service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 300 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 42°N

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North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay, Russia and the Sea of Japan to Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea, Unimak Island in the Aleutian chain and Oregon, USA.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); peso máximo publicado: 1.6 kg (Ref. 27436)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 22 - 25; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 19 - 24; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 23 - 25. Caudal slightly forked.

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Ranges from the intertidal zone to 175 m depth, possibly to 475 m (Ref. 6793). Found near rocks, pilings and eelgrass beds (Ref. 2850). Feed on worms, crustaceans, and small fishes (Ref. 6885). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 37773).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Male guards egg mass.

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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)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial; pesca deportiva: si; Acuario: Acuarios públicos
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 1 - 7.9, mean 4 °C (based on 416 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5159   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00371 - 0.01290), b=3.16 (2.99 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.4   ±0.42 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Fec=6,679-38,408).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 45.3 [20.8, 96.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.489 [0.223, 1.001] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.9, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.925 [0.413, 2.569] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [10, 42] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.6 [5.5, 54.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.516 [0.351, 0.787] mg/100g (wet weight);