Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

Scientific name: Chirolophis ascanii Walbaum, 1792

Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii)

The Yarrell's blenny (Chirolophis ascanii) is a marine fish of the family Stichaeidae.

Biology

Dorsal spines: 50 - 54; Dorsal soft rays: 0; Anal soft rays: 35 - 40. Snout blunt; mouth frog-like. With a large fringed tentacle above each eye, a smaller one in front and others on top of head and on the anterior dorsal fin spines. First anal fin ray a short flexible spine. Lateral line represented by a dorsal and a mediolateral branch of neuromasts

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Chirolophis ascanii
Family
Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks)
Order
Perciformes (Perch-like fish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Common length
17.5
Depth range
10–400 m (33–1312 ft)
Environment
Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 10 - 400 m, usually 10 - 30 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian coast to Finmarken and Waranger Fjord, occasionally Murman coast, rare in Skagerrak, Kattegat and ?resund, around Helgoland, also British Isles; also the Orkneys, Faroes, Shetlands and Iceland. Northwest Atlantic: Canada.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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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