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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Archistes: Derived from Greek, arche, -es, archi, the beginning, first, leader (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilbert & Burke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 58496). Subtropical; 60°N - 26°N, 150°E - 107°W
North Pacific: Petrel Bank (Bering Sea) and the Kuril Archipelago.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51886); 15.9 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 110.00 g (Ref. 51886)
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 29; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 23. Light olive dorsally, tinged with salmon or pinkish; marked with dark saddles, bars, marbling, and spots in blue, yellowish brown, carmine, orange and pink; whitish on breast and belly; soft dorsal fin with broad bars of brownish yellow or green with light blue intervals; pelvic fin whitish in females, blue-black in males (Ref. 43939).
Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 50610.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p. (Ref. 43939)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 3.4 - 8, mean 4.2 °C (based on 39 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.7500 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00676 (0.00300 - 0.01523), b=3.17 (2.98 - 3.36), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 167 [66, 391] mg/100g; Iron = 1.12 [0.50, 2.51] mg/100g; Protein = 17.7 [15.6, 19.8] %; Omega3 = 0.394 [0.173, 1.106] g/100g; Selenium = 28.6 [12.2, 76.1] μg/100g; VitaminA = 26 [8, 82] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.06 [0.66, 1.75] mg/100g (wet weight);