Scaled sculpin (Archistes biseriatus)

Scientific name: Archistes biseriatus Gilbert & Burke, 1912

Scaled sculpin (Archistes biseriatus)

The Scaled sculpin (Archistes biseriatus) is a marine fish of the family Cottidae. Native range: North Pacific, Petrel Bank (Bering Sea) and the Kuril Archipelago.

Biology

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28-29; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 23. Light olive dorsally, tinged with salmon or pinkish; marked with dark saddles, bars, marbling, and spots in blue, yellowish brown, carmine, orange and pink; whitish on breast and belly; soft dorsal fin with broad bars of brownish yellow or green with light blue intervals; pelvic fin whitish in females, blue-black in males.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Archistes biseriatus
Family
Cottidae (Sculpins)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
15.9
Depth range
10–200 m (33–656 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 200 m
Climate
Subtropical
Distribution
North Pacific: Petrel Bank (Bering Sea) and the Kuril Archipelago.
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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