Scientific Name
Myoxocephalus niger

Common Name
Warthead sculpin

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 13. Head with many cirri dorsally (Ref. 559). Head and body blackish (Ref. 559).

Classification

Classified By

Bean, 1881

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Sculpins (Cottidae)

Distribution

Region

North Pacific

Distribution

North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay and southwestern coast of Kamchatka, Russia to the Bering Sea.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

0 m

Depth To - meters

50 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 50 m (Ref. 50550)

Trophic Level

3.68 s.e. 0.37 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

27.0 cm

Common Length

7.5 cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries:

Vulnerability

Moderate to high vulnerability (45 of 100)

Resilience

Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated