Asemichthys taylori, Spinynose sculpin

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Asemichthys taylori Gilbert, 1912

Spinynose sculpin
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > 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 Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 50 m (Ref. 43939), usually 5 - 18 m (Ref. 43939). Temperate

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Northeast Pacific: southeastern Alaska northern Washington as San Juan Islands.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.6 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850)

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Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 17; Vertebrae: 33 - 35. Olive brown dorsally, lighter ventrally; 4 dark saddles; brown bars on pectoral and caudal fins (Ref. 43939).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on sand and shell bottoms near rocky outcrops (Ref. 43939).

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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 2025-2 (Global))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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