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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Clinocottus: Greek, klinein, kline = sloping and bed, due to the four apophyses of sphenoid bone + Greek, kottos = a kind of fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; non migratori; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 18 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical
Eastern Central Pacific: Cape Mendocino in northern California, USA to central Baja California, Mexico.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 18.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2850)
Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); A resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612). Often among intertidal algae. May leave tide pools if aquatic conditions become inhospitable (Ref. 31184). Breathes air when out of water (Ref. 31184).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve
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: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 12.4 - 25.8, mean 17.9 °C (based on 101 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00741 (0.00437 - 0.01257), b=3.16 (3.01 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.1 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies.
Generation time: 5.2 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 2
growth studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (K=0.21-0.5).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (25 of 100).
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