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Lumpenidae (Eel pricklebacks)
Etymology: Acantholumpenus: Greek, akantha = thorn + Latin, lumpus = to look disagreable, 1545 (Cyclopterus lumpus) and Latin, lumpus = a uncouth-looking spiny fish of a leaden blue colour; 1545 (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Charles Leslie McKay (1855–1883) was an amateur naturalist in the US Army Signal Corps, who collected specimens in the Nushagak area. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Gilbert.
Entorno: milieu / zona climática / rango de profundidad / gama de distribución
Ecología
marino; salobre demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 200 m (Ref. 56557). Polar; 70°N - 44°N, 134°E - 120°W
North Pacific: Hokkaido, Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering seas. Arctic Ocean: Arctic coast of Canada.
Tamaño / Peso / Edad
Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 70.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559); edad máxima reportada: 12 años (Ref. 56557)
Descripción breve
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 68 - 76; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 0; Espinas anales: 2; Radios blandos anales: 41 - 48. Caudal fin slightly grayish without dark bands; roof of oral cavity with a dark region (Ref. 559). Spines of pelvic and anal fins rigid and easily discernible from other soft rays (Ref. 559). Eye diameter less than snout length (Ref. 559).
Found over mud and sand bottoms to depths of about 56 meters; often in brackish waters (Ref. 51666). Benthic; feeds on worms, crustaceans, sea urchins and molluscs (Ref. 58426).
Ciclo vital y comportamiento de apareamiento
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)
Situación en la Lista Roja de la UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Amenaza para el ser humano
Harmless
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Estimaciones basadas en modelos
Temperatura preferida (Referencia
123201): -1.5 - 5.6, mean 0.2 °C (based on 1195 cells).
Índice de diversidad filogenética (Referencia
82804): PD
50 = 1.0005 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00240 (0.00135 - 0.00426), b=2.94 (2.78 - 3.10), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Referencia
69278): 3.1 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.
Resiliencia (Referencia
120179): Bajo, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 4.5-14 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerabilidad pesquera (Ref.
59153): Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100).
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