Apodichthys flavidus, Penpoint gunnel : aquarium

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Apodichthys flavidus Girard, 1854

Penpoint gunnel
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Apodichthys flavidus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Classificatie / Names Lokale namen | Synoniemen | Catalog of Fishes(Genus, Soort(en)) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Pholidae (Gunnels) > Apodichthyinae
Etymology: Apodichthys: Greek, apodos = without feet + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.

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

marien demersaal; diepte 0 - 8 m (Ref. 96339). Temperate; 59°N - 33°N, 155°W - 118°W

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Eastern Pacific: Kodiak Island, Alaska to Santa Barbara Island, southern California, USA.

Grootte / Gewicht / Leeftijd

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL mannelijk / geslacht onbekend; (Ref. 2850)

Korte beschrijving Morfologie | Morfometrie

Dorsale stekels (totaal): 40 - 44; Dorsale zachte stralen (totaal): 0; Anale stekels 1; Anale zachte stralen: 38 - 42. Caudal rounded, somewhat elevated dorsally; pectorals small and rounded (Ref. 6885). Color variable- from green through brown to red; dark dots spaced in a broken line along midside of body, sometimes also light spots; narrow dark line down and back from eye to operculum, sometimes through eye; some fresh specimens with a silvery line margined with orange and black from middle of maxillary through lower part of eye to nape and opercle (Ref. 6885).

Biologie     Verklarende woordenlijst (bv. epibenthic)

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in intertidal areas, especially in tide pools (Ref. 2850). May remain out of the water under rocks or seaweeds (Ref. 31184). Feeds on small crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 6885). Pairs are found coiled around egg masses (Ref. 4925). Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184).

Levenscyclus en paargedrag Maturiteit | Voortplanting | Paaien | Eieren | Fecunditeit | Larven

Oviparous (Ref. 101786). Adhesive eggs attached to a nest substrate are brooded by both parents (Ref. 101786).

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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 op de Rode Lijst van het IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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