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Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Mitchill.

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

marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 190 m (Ref. 27549). Temperate; 52°N - 36°N, 77°W - 50°W

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Northwest Atlantic: eastern Newfoundland and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence in Canada to Virginia in USA.

Tamanho / Peso / Idade

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7251); Idade máx. registada: 11 anos (Ref. 72462)

Commonly found in harbors and shallow coastal waters. Move to deeper water in winter. Adults attach their eggs near the base of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34819, 41075). Benthic; feeds on crustaceans, molluscs, sea squirts, squids and fishes (herring, mackerel, smelt, sand lance and silversides (Ref. 5951)) (Ref. 58426).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas

Adults attach their eggs near the base of a sponge to use as a spawning bed (Ref. 34819, 41075).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

Categoria na Lista Vermelha da IUCN (Ref. 130435)

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Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)