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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Triglops: Greek, trigla, es = red mullet + greek, ops = appearance (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Dr Peter Christian Pingel (1793–1852) was a Danish geologist and Arctic scientist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 930 m (Ref. 58496), usually 18 - 91 m (Ref. 2850). Temperate; 79°N - 41°N, 180°W - 180°E (Ref. 117245)
Arctic: Alaskan Beaufort Sea (Ref. 28503). North Pacific: Japan through the Aleutian chain and the Bering Sea to Washington, USA. North Atlantic: Cape Cod, USA to Greenland, Spitzbergen, and Denmark (Ref. 27436). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 5951).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 20.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7297); 20.2 cm SL (female); max. reported age: 6 years (Ref. 122394)
Found on mud bottoms with some rocks (Ref. 4698). Maximum depth reported at 930 m (58426). Benthic to epibenthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on small crustaceans, usually amphipods and mysids, rarely polychaetes and fishes (Ref. 4698).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Pietsch, T.W., 1993. Systematics and distribution of cottid fishes of the genus Triglops Reinhardt (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 109:335-393. (Ref. 7297)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5010 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00479 (0.00299 - 0.00765), b=3.08 (2.94 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.3 se; based on diet studies. |
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Generation time |
5.8 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies. |
Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100). 🛈 |