Hamecon
📖 Overview
Found on sand-mud bottoms, mostly in brackish waters with bottom temperatures mostly near to or below 0°C and salinities of 10-15 ppt . Benthic . Feeds on small bottom invertebrates .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Caudal fin rounded. Head greyish-brown above, body lighter, with large, irregular dark spots forming cross-bands; stripes on all fins orange, pectoral tips white; oval black spot on hind part of spinous dorsal fin in males .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Hamecon is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 0 - 290 m . Polar; 80°N - 58°N, 39°E - 89°W Northeast Atlantic: southeastern part of Barents Sea, off Novaya Zemlya, eastwards from Kara Sea to northern part of Bering Sea to Hudson Strait.
🌿 Ecology
small bottom invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Hamecon · rough hookear · rough hookear sculpin |
| 🌍CES | vranka drsná |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | siperiankoukkusimppu |
| 🇫🇷French | Hameçon · hameçon rude |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Шероховатый бычок-крючкорог · Шероховатый крючкорог |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 2 records indexed .
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