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Psychrolutidae (Fatheads)
Etymology: Malacocottus: Greek, malakos, = soft + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335); kincaidi: Named after Prof. Trevor Kincaid, University of Washington (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Trevor Kincaid (1872–1970), zoologist, entomologist and oyster farmer was a Canadian-American Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA (1901–1937), retiring as Professor Emeritus. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Gilbert & Thompson.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
marinhas batidemersal; intervalo de profundidade 27 - 1025 m (Ref. 6793). Deep-water; 66°N - 40°N, 135°E - 123°W
North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan and Sea of Okhotsk to Cape Navarin in the Bering Sea, west in the Aleutian Islands to Stalemate Bank and Puget Sound, Washington, USA.
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 2850)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 8 - 9; Raios dorsais (total) : 14 - 15; Espinhos anais: 0; Raios anais : 11 - 12. Caudal bluntly rounded; pectorals large, emarginate, the inner surface joined to body by a fold of skin; pelvic fins small (Ref. 6885). Color gray to light brown dorsally, lighter below with fine dark speckling; several irregular brown blotches on dorsal surface, and light spots on sides; narrow light bands on margin of all fins (except pelvic) with darker band below; light bands on rayed dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins; mature males with golden margins on dorsal fins during breeding (Ref. 6885).
Usually on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
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)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: pesca de subsistência; peixe esportivo: sim
Ferramentas
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Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Temperatura preferida (Ref.
123201): 1.1 - 6.4, mean 3.7 °C (based on 226 cells).
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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