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Common names: Cabezon, Cabezon, Sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4925, 114938.
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Classification / Names

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
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Common names from other countries

Cabezón, Cabezone, Bullhead, ... more

Main reference

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann. 1983. (Ref. 2850)
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Size / Weight / Age

Max length : 99.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 14.0 kg (Ref. 27436); max. reported age: 13 years (Ref. 56049)

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2850)

Climate / Range

Subtropical, preferred 12°C (Ref. 107945); 58°N - 26°N, 137°W - 112°W

Distribution

Eastern Pacific: Sitka, southeastern Alaska to Punta Abrejos, central Baja California, Mexico.
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Short description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15-18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 35. Caudal fin barely rounded.

Inhabits rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms as well as kelp beds (Ref. 4925). Adults and juveniles feed on crustaceans, fishes and mollusks (Ref. 6885). Commonly captured by sport fishers (from shore, boats or piers) and by scuba divers (Ref. 2850). Flesh is good eating but eggs are poisonous and will make humans violently ill (Ref. 13513).

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 2850)

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums

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Estimates of some properties based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805)
PD₅₀ = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Trophic Level (Ref. 69278)
3.6 ±0.47 se; Based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 69278)
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3; tmax=13; K=0.3, Fec=40,000-90,000)

Vulnerability (Ref. 59153)
Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100)

Price category (Ref. 80766)
Very high

Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres, 1854)