Neck banded blenny (Leptostichaeus pumilus)

Scientific name: Leptostichaeus pumilus Miki, 1985

The Neck banded blenny (Leptostichaeus pumilus) is a marine fish of the family Stichaeidae. Native range: Northwest Pacific, Hokkaido Island in the Sea of Okhotsk and Russian waters of the Sea of Japan.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 82; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 54; Vertebrae: 87. Head and body greatly compressed; body with thin sparse scales, head and end part of body without scales; no ventral fins; small pectoral fins, less than one fourth of HL; 6 rays on gill membranes, free from isthmus and form a broad fold across it; seismosensory system of body without canals; dorsal fin made up of short prickles becoming thicker towards tail; membranes of dorsal and anal fins fused with caudal fin; principal rays of caudal fin branched; body bright red with a dark spot crossed by a light-colored vertical band above the upper edge of gill slit and extending into dorsal fin, and the head and anterior part of the body with few discontinuous dark bands.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Leptostichaeus pumilus
Family
Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
7.8
Depth range
2–100 m (7–328 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 2 - 100 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northwest Pacific: Hokkaido Island in the Sea of Okhotsk and Russian waters of the Sea of Japan.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (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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