Scientific Name
Stelgistrum concinnum

Common Name
Largeplate sculpin

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17-19; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Pink in color; broad dusky bands extending to lateral line, one below spinous dorsal, three below soft dorsal, one on caudal peduncle, all with narrow bars extending ventrally from and between them (Ref. 43939). Caudal fin rounded.

Classification

Classified By

Andriashev, 1935

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Sculpins (Cottidae)

Distribution

Region

Pacific Ocean

Distribution

Pacific Ocean: western Bering Sea of Cape Olyutorskiy; Aleutian Islands and eastern Bering Sea at Pribilof Islands.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Boreal

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

50 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 50 m (Ref. 50610)

Trophic Level

3.21 s.e. 0.45 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

5.1 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.6250 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Unknown

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (22 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated