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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Icelinus: From Icelus = the Morpheus name; mythology; limbaughi: Named for Conrad Limbaugh, SIO.
Eponymy: Conrad ‘Connie’ Limbaugh (1925–1960) was a zoologist, diver and underwater photographer. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Rosenblatt & Smith.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 20 - 86 m (Ref. 75898), usually ? - 40 m (Ref. 75898). Subtropical
Eastern Pacific: USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75898)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Anal soft rays: 8 - 12; Vertebrae: 31 - 36. This species is distinct from its congeners by the following characters: dorsal scale band from under the 4th-7th dorsal-fin spine to under penultimate or last dorsal-fin ray, not reaching onto caudal peduncle; naked axilla of pectorals; cirri on dorsal-fin spines absent; one common opening of the anterior terminal mandibular pore; no nasal cirri; no elongated dorsal-fin spines; absence of parietal spines (Ref. 75898).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Rosenblatt, R.H. and W.L. Smith, 2004. Icelinus limbaughi: a new species of sculpin (Teleostei: Cottidae) from southern California. Copeia 2004(3):556-561. (Ref. 75898)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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