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Etymology: Krusensterniella: Named after the Russian navigator explorer, Admiral I.F. Krusenstern, who led the first Russian circumnavigation (1803– 1806) and visited that part of the Sea of Okhotsk where the type species was found. Of the two Russian-language names 'krusensterniella' (Taranets, 1937) and 'kruzenshternia' (Sheiko and Fedorov, 2000)—the first one has come into scientific use (Ref. 130195).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 53 - 386 m (Ref. 50550), usually 53 - 160 m (Ref. 11954). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: Sea of Okhotsk.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 12.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 11954)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 95 - 110; Anal soft rays: 81 - 94; Vertebrae: 100 - 112. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pungent spines D XV–XX, total spiny rays in the anterior and middle parts of the dorsal fin (D1 + D2) 60–69; length of the pungent part of the dorsal fin (D2) 17-22% of the caudal-part length (from anal-fin origin to the end of caudal fin) and 43–72% of the posterior dorsal-fin part (D3); preoperculomandibular pores 6; developed scales only on the tail and do not reach the anal-fin origin; vertebrae 100-112 (19-20 + 80-92), D 95-110 (45-49 XV-XX 34-49); A 81-94; P 10-12 (Ref. 123369).
Cross section: compressed.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text). (Ref. 559)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref.
123201): 0.4 - 18.4, mean 3.4 °C (based on 156 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5039 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01000 (0.00244 - 0.04107), b=3.04 (2.81 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
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