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Ptilichthyidae (Quillfish)
Etymology: Ptilichthys: Greek, ptilon = feather + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); goodei: Named after Dr. G.B. Goode, U.S. ichthyologist (Ref. 6885).
Eponymy: Dr George Brown Goode (1851–1896) was an American ichthyologist and museum administrator at the Smithsonian. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bean.
Umwelt: Milieu / Klimazone / Tiefenbereich / Verbreitungsgebiet
Ökologie
seewasser demersal; tiefenbereich 0 - 360 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate; 66°N - 42°N
North Pacific: Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Kuril Islands to Bering Sea and to central Oregon, USA.
Größe / Gewicht / Alter
Geschlechtsreife: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 40.0 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 56557); common length : 15.5 cm TL Männchen/unbestimmt; (Ref. 56557)
Rückenflossenstacheln (insgesamt) : 90; Rückenflossenweichstrahlen (insgesamt) : 137 - 145; Afterflossenstacheln: 0; Afterflossenweichstrahlen: 185 - 196; Wirbelzahl: 236 - 240. Caudal much reduced.
Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
Found at surface at night, evidently on the bottom in deeper waters during the day (Ref. 2850). Buries itself in mud or sand (Ref. 2850). Has been recorded to be found in the stomach of a coho salmon (Ref. 6885).
Lebenszyklus und Paarungsverhalten
Geschlechtsreife | Fortpflanzung | Ablaichen | Eier | Fruchtbarkeit | Larven
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 Rote Liste Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Bedrohung für Menschen
Harmless
Nutzung durch Menschen
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Schätzungen auf der Grundlage von Modellen
Phylogenetischer Diversitätsindex (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 1.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00102 (0.00046 - 0.00225), b=3.06 (2.88 - 3.24), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophische Ebene (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
Anfälligkeit der Fischerei (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (29 of 100). 🛈 |