Daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus)

Scientific name: Leptoclinus maculatus Fries, 1838

Daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus)

The Daubed shanny (Leptoclinus maculatus) is a marine fish of the family Stichaeidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 57 - 60; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 1 - 2; Anal soft rays: 34 - 36. Caudal rounded; lower 5 rays of pectorals greatly lengthened and exserted. Color greyish - yellow with dark irregular spots.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Leptoclinus maculatus
Family
Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
20.0
Depth range
2–607 m (7–1991 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 2 - 607 m
Climate
Polar
Distribution
Circumglobal: Arctic to temperate waters; northern hemisphere. Arctic Alaska to Sea of Okhotsk, northern Sea of Japan, Unalaska Island in the Aleutian chain and Puget Sound, Washington, USA. North Atlantic: Arctic to Labrador in Canada; along Scandinavia from Skagerrak to Finnmarken, common at Murmansk, White Sea, Iceland and Greenland. The Pacific form is sometimes treated as a subspecies Leptoclinus maculatus diaphanocarus.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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