Kasatkia seigeli, Six-spot prickleback

Kasatkia seigeli Posner & Lavenberg, 1999

Six-spot prickleback
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Opisthocentridae ("Rearspined fin pricklebacks")
Etymology: Kasatkia: A population in the Kuril islands; seigeli: Named for Jeffrey A. Seigel.
Eponymy: Jeffrey Alan Seigel was collections manager of the ichthyology section at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History. Among his published papers is: Revision of the Dalatiid Shark Genus Squaliolus: Anatomy, Systematics, Ecology (1978). (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

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Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 26 m (Ref. 51666). Tropical

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Eastern Central Pacific: California, USA.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 33376)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found near shore to depth of 26 meters (Ref. 51666).

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Posner, M. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1999. Kasatkai seigeli: a new species of stichaeid (Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from California. Copeia 1999(4):1035-1040. (Ref. 33376)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))


CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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