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Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335); stelleri: Named after G.W. Steller, naturalist with C.J. Bering's voyage of discovery (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Georg Wilhelm Steller (originally Stöhler) (1709–1746) was a German naturalist and explorer in the Russian service. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range
Ecologia
marino demersale; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 300 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 42°N
North Pacific: Peter the Great Bay, Russia and the Sea of Japan to Cape Lisburne in the Chukchi Sea, Unimak Island in the Aleutian chain and Oregon, USA.
Size / Peso / Age
Maturità: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 48.0 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 2850); peso massimo pubblicato: 1.6 kg (Ref. 27436)
Short description
Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria
Spine dorsali (totale) : 22 - 25; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 19 - 24; Spine anali: 0; Raggi anali molli: 23 - 25. Caudal slightly forked.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Ranges from the intertidal zone to 175 m depth, possibly to 475 m (Ref. 6793). Found near rocks, pilings and eelgrass beds (Ref. 2850). Feed on worms, crustaceans, and small fishes (Ref. 6885). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 37773).
Male guards egg mass.
Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesca: scarso interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Acquari pubblici
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Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio.
123201): 1 - 7.9, mean 4 °C (based on 416 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5176 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00692 (0.00371 - 0.01290), b=3.16 (2.99 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio.
69278): 3.4 ±0.42 se; based on food items.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio.
120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (Fec=6,679-38,408).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Moderate vulnerability (38 of 100).
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Nutrients (Ref.
124155): Calcium = 45.3 [20.8, 96.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.489 [0.223, 1.001] mg/100g; Protein = 17.9 [15.9, 19.9] %; Omega3 = 0.925 [0.413, 2.569] g/100g; Selenium = 18 [10, 42] μg/100g; VitaminA = 17.6 [5.5, 54.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.516 [0.351, 0.787] mg/100g (wet weight);
