Hexagrammos decagrammus

Occurs in rocky inshore areas, common on kelp beds, also on sand bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaete worms, brittle stars, mollusks, and small fishes (Ref. 28499). Young are food of steelheads and salmon (Ref. 6885). Frequently caught by shore and skiff fishers and speared by divers (Ref. 2850).

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Eastern Pacific: Amchitka Island, in the Aleutian chain (Ref. 27436) to La Jolla, southern California, USA.

Eastern Pacific: Aleutian Islands to southern California, U.S.A.

Dorsal spines (total): 21 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 23 - 24

61.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27436)); max. published weight: 2,100 g (Ref. 27436); max. reported age: 18 years (Ref. 55701)

Maximum size: 610 mm NG

Caudal broadly rounded or truncate.

Habitat Type: Marine

demersal; marine; depth range ? - 46 m (Ref. 2850)

Depth range based on 68 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 21 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 120.78
  Temperature range (°C): 4.743 - 10.864
  Nitrate (umol/L): 4.616 - 26.787
  Salinity (PPS): 31.499 - 33.409
  Oxygen (ml/l): 3.625 - 7.127
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.748 - 2.230
  Silicate (umol/l): 10.583 - 51.817

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0 - 120.78

Temperature range (°C): 4.743 - 10.864

Nitrate (umol/L): 4.616 - 26.787

Salinity (PPS): 31.499 - 33.409

Oxygen (ml/l): 3.625 - 7.127

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.748 - 2.230

Silicate (umol/l): 10.583 - 51.817
 
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Depth: 0 - 46m.
Recorded at 46 meters.

Habitat: demersal.

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

Rounded Global Status Rank: GNR - Not Yet Ranked

Not Evaluated

fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes; aquarium: public aquariums; price category: unknown; price reliability: