Stone cockscomb
📖 Overview
Mainly intertidal, but may be found at depths as much as 100 m ; typically found shallower than 50 meters . Often in bays with pebble-rock debris bottoms . Oviparous, eggs are guarded by the female parent .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 59 - 66; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 41 - 45; Vertebrae: 64 - 70. Gray to nearly black to bright spotted with patterns; usually a wavy line extending along back, separating dark portion from lighter spots that continue onto dorsal fin . Caudal fin rounded.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Stone cockscomb is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Also Ref. 101194.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 100 m , usually ? - 50 m . Temperate Northwest Pacific: Commander Islands and southeastern Kamchatka to the Sea of Okhotsk and northern Sea of Japan.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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