Sebastolobus alascanus, Shortspine thornyhead : fisheries

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Sebastolobus alascanus Bean, 1890

Shortspine thornyhead
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Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Sebastidae (Rockfishes, rockcods and thornyheads) > Sebastolobinae
Etymology: Sebastolobus: Greek, sebastes = august, venerable + Greek, lobos = lobe (Ref. 45335);  alascanus: Species name after Alaska, the type locality (Ref. 27436).
More on author: Bean.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 17 - 1600 m (Ref. 50550), usually 91 - ? m (Ref. 2850). Temperate

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk north to the Navarin Canyon in the Bering Sea and from Stalemate Bank and Ulm Plateau in the Aleutian Islands southeast to Cedros Island, Baja California, Mexico. Reported from Japan (Ref. 559).

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm 22.0  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 80.0 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 559); peso máximo publicado: 9.0 kg (Ref. 56527); edad máxima reportada: 100 años (Ref. 90032)

Short description Morfología | Morfometría

Espinas dorsales (total): 15 - 17; Radios blandos dorsales (total): 8-9; Espinas anales 3; Radios blandos anales: 4 - 5. Head spines very strong - nasal, preocular, supraocular, postocular, tympanic, parietal and nuchal spines present, coronal spines absent; large head and elongate body; strong spiny ridge on head; 3rd dorsal spine not much longer than 2nd, 4th or 5th; strong notch on pectoral fin (Ref. 27437). Bright red with some black on fins; gill chamber mostly pale (Ref. 27437). Caudal slightly rounded (Ref. 6885).

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Very common on soft bottoms (Ref. 2850). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are extruded in floating gelatinous masses (Ref. 31279). Have a thick glandular tissue on posterior margin of fin spines which is believed to be venomous (Ref. 57406). Rarely taken by game fishers (Ref. 27436). Flesh sweeter than that of other rockfishes (Ref. 27436).

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Unlike other representatives of this group, this species has internal fertilization Oviparous (Ref. 6885). Females possess specialized ovarian structures including stalk-like ovigerous lamellae and secretory epithelia (Ref. 32832).

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

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)

  Endangered (EN) (A2d); Date assessed: 01 January 2000

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 57406)





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Pesquerías: escaso valor comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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