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Psychrolutes occidentalis Fricke, 1990

Western Australian sculpin
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Common names: Western Australian sculpin, Western blobfish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known only from the continental slopes around Rowley Shoals off Western Australia. Museum: ca. 25 km E of Rowley Shoals, WAM P25395-014 (holotype of P. occidentalis, 11.06 cm SL, male) (Ref. 28169).
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Main Ref: Fricke, R., 1990
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Common names from other countries

Western blobfish, Vestaustralsk paddeulk, 西域隐棘杜父鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Psychrolutidae (Fatheads)
Etymology: Psychrolutes: Greek, psychroloutes = someone that has a cold bath (Ref. 45335);  occidentalis: Specific name refers to its distribution in Western Australia..
  More on author: Fricke.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathydemersal; depth range 350 - 704 m (Ref. 28169).   Deep-water

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Eastern Indian Ocean: known only around Rowley Shoals, Western Australia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 28169); 11.5 cm SL (female)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found on the continental slope. Benthic (Ref. 75154).

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Fricke, R., 1990. A new species of psychrolutid fish from Western Australia. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(4):404-409. (Ref. 28169)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7.9 - 10.6, mean 8.3 (based on 10 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5005   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.3   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).