Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 300 m (Ref. 58496). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 22.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56557)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 8. Snout projecting forward, with a pair of patches of barbels on its ventral surface. A well-developed strong keel is on the lateral side of the head.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.2 - 13.8, mean 2.4 °C (based on 101 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 1.0000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.3 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 (12 of 100).