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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Triglops: Greek, trigla, es = red mullet + greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335); dorothy: Named for Dorothy Thomlinson Gilbert; noun in apposition.
Eponymy: Dorothy Thomlinson Gilbert (1929–2008) was the wife of William W Gilbert, the late grandson of Charles Henry Gilbert, and a noted philanthropist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 73 - 117 m (Ref. 57076). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: from the southern Sea of Okhotsk, Aniva Ba , Russia, and Hokkaido, Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 57076); 15.5 cm SL (female)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 10 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 25; Anal soft rays: 23 - 25; Vertebrae: 45 - 47. Diagnosis: Differs from its congeners in having an interorbital width of 8.9-11.5% head length (HL); caudal fin truncate to slightly rounded; 18-31 well-developed dorsolateral scales ; 45-50 lateral line scales; 4-10 transverse dermal folds of breast; 67-99 oblique dermal folds; 23-25 dorsal-fin rays; 17-19 pectoral-fin rays; 7-12 gill rakers; first infraorbital pore length 3.6-5% HL; the peritoneum unpigmented or at most with few, widely spaced melanophores (Ref. 57076).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Specimens were trawled off bottoms of mud, fine sand, rock, and clay (Ref. 57076).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pietsch, T.W. and J.W. Orr, 2006. Triglops dorothy, a new species of sculpin (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae) from the southern Sea of Okhotsk. Fish. Bull. 104:238-246. (Ref. 57076)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: bycatch
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