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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Cottus: Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lyman Belding (1829–1917) was a professional bird collector who wrote a series of articles about his trips, such as: Collecting in the Cape Region of Lower California, West (1877) and A Part of my Experience in Collecting (1900). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Eigenmann & Eigenmann.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecología
; agua dulce demersal. Temperate; 47°N - 38°N
North America: Columbia drainage from Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada to Washington and Oregon in the USA; western endorheic basins including Lake Tahoe in Nevada and California, Humboldt River in Nevada, and Bear River in Utah, USA.
Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age
Maturity: Lm 4.8  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 13.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 5723); common length : 4.8 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 12193)
Short description
Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría
Espinas dorsales (total) : 7 - 8; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 16 - 18; Radios blandos anales: 11 - 13.
Inhabits rubble and gravel riffles of cold creeks and small to medium rivers. Also found in rocky shores of lakes.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva
Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr, 1991. A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston. 432 p. (Ref. 5723)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Pesquerías: sin interés
Herramientas
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00589 (0.00281 - 0.01234), b=3.15 (2.97 - 3.33), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref.
69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Generation time: 3.5 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1
growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref.
120179): Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Fec=181).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100).