Hexagrammos lagocephalus (Pallas, 1810)
Rock greenling
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Hexagrammos lagocephalus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Hexagrammidae (Greenlings) > Hexagramminae
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.
Etymology: Hexagrammos: Greek, exa = six + greek, gramma = letter,signal (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 596 m (Ref. 50550), usually 10 - 15 m (Ref. 9021). Temperate; 67°N - 29°N, 116°E - 119°W
Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri
Eastern Pacific: Bering Sea and the Kuril Islands to Point Conception, central California, USA. Reported from the northern Sea of Japan, Hokkaido, and the Sea of Okhotsk (Ref. 559).
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm 35.5 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 830.00 g (Ref. 40637)
Max length : 61.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 830.00 g (Ref. 40637)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 20 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 23 - 24; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 21 - 22.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
Commonly found in shallow rocky areas, especially on exposed coasts (Ref. 2850). Often captured by shore fishers (Ref. 2850).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
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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 2025-2 (Global))
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 02 December 2019
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
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Growth parameters
Max. ages / sizes
Length-weight rel.
Length-length rel.
Length-frequencies
Mass conversion
Recruitment
Abundance
Anatomy
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Body composition
Nutrients
Oxygen consumption
Swimming type
Swimming speed
Visual pigments
Fish sound
Diseases & Parasites
Toxicity (LC50s)
Human related
Aquaculture systems
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Aquaculture systems
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5176 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00776 (0.00442 - 0.01365), b=3.14 (2.98 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (tm=3.5;). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (54 of 100). 🛈 |
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Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown. |