Scientific Name
Hexagrammos octogrammus

Common Name
Masked greenling

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 17 - 20; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22-25; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 25. Caudal rounded.

Classification

Classified By

Pallas, 1814

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Greenlings (Hexagrammidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk and northern Japan (Ref. 559) to British Columbia, Canada.

Range

66°N - 30°N, 120°E - 120°W

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

200 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 50550)

Trophic Level

3.53 s.e. 0.53 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

42.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5159 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

Vulnerability

Low to moderate vulnerability (34 of 100)

Resilience

Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated