Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous (Ref. 51243). Temperate
Northwest Pacific: from Japan to the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, and the Yellow and Pohai Sea coasts of China.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?, range 8 - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 40637); max. published weight: 1.6 kg (Ref. 40637)
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 6. This species is distinguished by the following characters: cranium armed dorsally with robust preocular, supraocular, postocular, and parietal spines; concave interorbital space; lower jaw scaleless and shorter than upper jaw; base of entire spinous portion of dorsal fin densely covered with minute scales; body with 3 dark brown saddles and lacking yellow or brownish-red markings on dorsum when fresh; dark spots on soft-rayed portion of dorsal and anal fins, and caudal fin (Ref. 93737).
Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Inhabits shallow rocky reefs (Ref. 42552). Viviparous (Ref. 34817).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Kai, Y. and T. Nakabo, 2013. Taxonomic review of the Sebastes pachycephalus complex (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae). Zootaxa 3637(5):541-560. (Ref. 93737)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.01175 (0.00752 - 0.01837), b=3.03 (2.90 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.7 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Generation time |
3.0 ( 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 (K=0.3). |
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low to moderate vulnerability (32 of 100). 🛈 |
Price category (Ref. 80766) |
Medium.
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