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Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811

Steller's sculpin
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
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 Ecologia

marino; salmastro associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 60 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate

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North Pacific: Unalaska I., Aleutian Is. To SE Alaska at Port Conclusion; Commander Is. and east coast of Kamchatka to Sea of Okhotsk and to Sea of Japan to South Korea.

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 62.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 115020); peso massimo pubblicato: 4.0 kg (Ref. 115020); Età massima riportata: 12 anni (Ref. 56449)

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Occurs in the littoral zone (Ref. 26334), over rocky reefs (Ref. 559). Enters rivers (Refs. 2058, 37812).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore | Collaboratori

Nakabo, T., 2002. Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, English edition II. Tokai University Press, Japan, pp 867-1749. (Ref. 43239)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: commerciale
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 0.6 - 8.5, mean 2.6 °C (based on 572 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00794 (0.00466 - 0.01353), b=3.18 (3.03 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.2 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilienza (Ref. 120179):  Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 41.2 [6.4, 105.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.155 [0.048, 0.466] mg/100g; Protein = 19.7 [16.8, 22.0] %; Omega3 = 0.349 [0.144, 1.013] g/100g; Selenium = 9.39 [3.79, 23.61] μg/100g; VitaminA = 39.5 [10.9, 145.8] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.916 [0.357, 1.861] mg/100g (wet weight);