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Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) >
Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335); stelleri: Named after G.W. Steller, naturalist with C.J. Bering's voyage of discovery (Ref. 6885).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 300 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 42°N
North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay, Russia and the Sea of Japan to Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea, Unimak Island in the Aleutian chain and Oregon, USA.
Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); peso máximo publicado: 1.6 kg (Ref. 27436)
Espinas dorsales (total): 22 - 25; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 19-24; Espinas anales 0; Radios blandos anales: 23 - 25. Caudal slightly forked.
Ranges from the intertidal zone to 175 m depth, possibly to 475 m (Ref. 6793). Found near rocks, pilings and eelgrass beds (Ref. 2850). Feed on worms, crustaceans, and small fishes (Ref. 6885). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 37773).
Male guards egg mass.
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)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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