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Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Archistes: Derived from Greek, arche, -es, archi, the beginning, first, leader (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Gilbert & Burke.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 200 m (Ref. 58496). Subtropical; 60°N - 26°N, 150°E - 107°W
North Pacific: Petrel Bank (Bering Sea) and the Kuril Archipelago.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 17.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 51886); 15.9 cm SL (female); max. published weight: 110.00 g (Ref. 51886)
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 29; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 22 - 23. Light olive dorsally, tinged with salmon or pinkish; marked with dark saddles, bars, marbling, and spots in blue, yellowish brown, carmine, orange and pink; whitish on breast and belly; soft dorsal fin with broad bars of brownish yellow or green with light blue intervals; pelvic fin whitish in females, blue-black in males (Ref. 43939).
Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 50610.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p. (Ref. 43939)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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