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Scorpaenichthys marmoratus (Ayres, 1854)

Cabezon
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US America (contiguous states) territory information

Common names: Cabezon, Sculpin
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Also Ref. 4925, 114938.
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Territory Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.nmfs.gov
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Cabezón, Cabezone, Bullhead, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Jordaniidae (Longfin sculpins)
Etymology: Scorpaenichthys: Latin, scorpaena = a kind of fish, 1706 + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Ayres.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 58°N - 26°N, 137°W - 112°W

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Eastern Pacific: Sitka, southeastern Alaska to Punta Abrejos, central Baja California, Mexico.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 99.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850); max. published weight: 14.0 kg (Ref. 27436); max. reported age: 13 years (Ref. 56049)

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Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 18; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 35. Caudal fin barely rounded.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Inhabits rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms as well as kelp beds (Ref. 4925). Adults and juveniles feed on crustaceans, fishes and mollusks (Ref. 6885). Commonly captured by sport fishers (from shore, boats or piers) and by scuba divers (Ref. 2850). Flesh is good eating but eggs are poisonous and will make humans violently ill (Ref. 13513).

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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))

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Other (Ref. 2850)





Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums
FAO - Fisheries: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 7.5 - 11.6, mean 8.9 °C (based on 40 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.1250   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.6   ±0.47 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 3.2 ( 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 (tm=3; tmax=13; K=0.3, Fec=40,000-90,000).
Prior r = 0.33, 95% CL = 0.22 - 0.50, Based on 4 full stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (37 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  Moderate vulnerability (44 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Very high.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 75.8 [30.9, 167.0] mg/100g; Iron = 0.974 [0.431, 2.041] mg/100g; Protein = 18.4 [16.2, 20.5] %; Omega3 = 0.314 [0.140, 0.892] g/100g; Selenium = 48.9 [24.8, 117.3] μg/100g; VitaminA = 6.13 [2.10, 17.38] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.592 [0.387, 0.936] mg/100g (wet weight);