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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Asemichthys: Greek, asemos, -os, -on = unknown, confused + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); taylori: Named after Reverend G.W. Taylor, Curator and first Director of former Biological Board of Canada's (Pacific) Biological Station at Nanaimo (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Reverend George William Taylor (1854–1912) was the first Curator (1907–1912) of the Marine Biological Station at Departure Bay on the east coast of Vancouver Island. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 5 - 50 m (Ref. 43939), usually 5 - 18 m (Ref. 43939). Temperate
Northeast Pacific: southeastern Alaska northern Washington as San Juan Islands.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2850)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 10 - 11; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 14 - 17; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 13 - 17; Vertebre: 33 - 35. Olive brown dorsally, lighter ventrally; 4 dark saddles; brown bars on pectoral and caudal fins (Ref. 43939).
Found on sand and shell bottoms near rocky outcrops (Ref. 43939).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p. (Ref. 43939)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 7.2 - 11.7, mean 9.5 °C (based on 184 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00281 - 0.01234), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
