Roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

Scientific name: Trachidermus fasciatus Heckel, 1837

Roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)

The Roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Cottidae. Native range: Asia, Japan, China and Korea.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19-20; Anal soft rays: 17 - 18. Head large and without spine; snout with nostril spine; eyes small and nearer to tip of snout; mouth large, upper jaw slightly projected and reaching rear edge of eyes; gill opening large, pseudobranch present and gill rakers small; scales absent but with small knobbles on body.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Trachidermus fasciatus
Family
Cottidae (Sculpins)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
14.0
Common length
11.5
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; catadromous
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
Asia: Japan, China and Korea.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1)

Sources

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

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