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Cottiusculus nihonkaiensis Kai & Nakabo, 2009

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Common names: Nihon-kin-kajika
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Comments: Type locality, Kyoto Prefecture, off Tango Peninsula, FAKU 130664 (holotype of Cottiusculus nihonkaiensis, 6.13 cm SL, female). Known from the coasts of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu (Ref. 83439).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kai, Y. and T. Nakabo, 2009
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> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Cottiusculus: Greek, kottos = a fish, diminutive;  nihonkaiensis: Named for Nihonkai, the Japanese name of the Sea of Japan, which includes most of the distributional range of the species..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 100 - 150 m (Ref. 83439).   Temperate

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Northwestern Pacific: from the Sea of Japan coasts of Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and the Korean Peninsula, and Volcano Bay, Hokkaido.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.8 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 83439); 6.1 cm SL (female)

Short description Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total) : 6 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11 - 13; Espinas anales: 0; Radios blandos anales: 10 - 13. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: simple or weakly bicuspid nasal spines; uppermost preopercular spine not barbed; first dorsal fin not elongated; lateral line extending past base of caudal fin, with 2 or 3 lateral line pores on caudal fin; with ventral lateral and lateral line cirri (Ref. 83439).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Usually occurs on sandy-muddy bottoms (Ref. 83439).

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Kai, Y. and T. Nakabo, 2009. Taxonomic review of the genus Cottiusculus (Cottoidei: Cottidae) with description of a new species from the sea of Japan. Ichthyol. Res. 56(3):213-226. (Ref. 83439)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.6250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).