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Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks) > Stichaeinae
Etymology: Stichaeus: Greek, stix, -ichos = row (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Professor Sunziro Nozawa was a Japanese zoologist, curator at the museum in Sapporo, Hokkaido, and also Director of the fisheries bureau there. He loaned the holotype of the prickleback species to the authors. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Jordan & Snyder.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 5 - 120 m (Ref. 56557). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: southern Kuril Islands and Sea of Okhotsk, Hokkaido, Japan Sea from Tatar Strait to Peter the Great Bay and central Honshu.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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