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Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Keinosuke Otaki (d: 1911) was Professor of English at the Imperial Military Academy of Tokyo for a decade, and a former zoology graduate (1894) student at Stanford University (where Jordan was president). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Starks.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ökologie
seewasser demersal; ozeanodrom (Ref. 51243); tiefenbereich 139 - 155 m (Ref. 27311). Temperate; 50°N - 26°N, 120°E - 152°E
Northwest Pacific: Japan, the southern Korean Peninsula to the Yellow Sea (Ref. 5590; including the coast of Primorye (Ref. 114081).
Length at first maturity / Size / Gewicht / Alter
Maturity: Lm 19.1 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 57.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 40637); max. veröff. Gewicht: 2.4 kg (Ref. 40637)
Occurs in rocky coastal areas; often gather around artificial reefs. Breeds from October to December. The egg masses are attached to small rocks, guarded by the male (Ref. 559 and 637). Commercially cultured in Japan.
Male guards eggs.
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
Fischereien: kommerziell; Sportfisch: ja
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