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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Clinocottus: Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone + Greek, kottos = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.

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Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - ? m. Temperate; 60°N - 32°N

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Eastern Pacific: Kodiak Island, Alaska to Gaviota, southern California, USA.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 19.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)

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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Caudal fin rounded. Lower 8 pectoral rays thickened and 6 or 7 excised.

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); A resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612). Commonly found in tide pools and shallow rocky areas, often in strong surf (Ref. 2850). Can leave tide pools if aquatic conditions become inhospitable (Ref. 31184). Sometimes encountered resting on rocks out of water, but usually found under rocks or among seaweeds (Ref. 2850). Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184).

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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 2024-2)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 February 2009

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 8.9 - 13.2, mean 10.1 °C (based on 152 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00596 - 0.02111), b=3.24 (3.07 - 3.41), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.1 ±0.26 se; based on food items.

Generation time: 4.6 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Tmax=5; K=0.24).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (35 of 100).

Clinocottus globiceps (Girard, 1858)