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Icichthys lockingtoni Jordan & Gilbert, 1880

Medusafish
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Common names: Brown rudderfish, Medusafish, Medusafish
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: In range Ref. 6885.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Cojinoba medusa, Nordpacifisk sortfisk, 鱼鲳, ... more

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> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Centrolophidae (Medusafishes)
Etymology: lockingtoni: Named after W.N. Lockington, ichthyologist at the CAS (Ref. 6885).
  More on authors: Jordan & Gilbert.

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

marino; rango de profundidad 0 - 900 m (Ref. 50610).   Subtropical; 60°N -

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North Pacific: Japan and Gulf of Alaska to central Baja California, Mexico.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 46.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 6885)

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Espinas dorsales (total) : 3; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 34 - 39; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 20 - 25. Caudal rounded with small notch, narrow; pectorals small, rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish gray to brown, darker on scale pockets, fins dusky to black (Ref. 6885).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found near surface and to at least 91 m depth (Ref. 2850). Young are abundant offshore, often among jellyfish (Ref. 2850).

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Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

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): 0.9 - 12, mean 6.6 (based on 126 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.7500   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01380 (0.00555 - 0.03435), b=3.06 (2.85 - 3.27), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.33 se; based on food items.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (36 of 100).