Species: Leptocottus armatus

Pacific Staghorn Sculpin
Species

    Articles:

    Foraging differences between male and female harbor seals present challenges for fisheries management

    A 2015 article published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series identifies intraspecific differences in diet between harbor seals in the Salish Sea, suggesting implications for marine reserve management. 

    Harbor seal photographed by Andreas Trepte. Available through a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.5 license.
    Paper: Shifts in the estuarine demersal fish community after a fishery closure in Puget Sound, Washington

    This paper looks at 21 years of data on estuarine demersal fish in Puget Sound, assessing changes in population after the closure of bottom trawl fisheries.

    Rock Sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata); image courtesy Freshwater and Marine Image Bank, University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Craniata
    Class

    Actinopterygii

    Order

    Scorpaeniformes

    Family

    Cottidae

    Genus

    Leptocottus

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Other Bony Fishes
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Scorpaeniformes - Cottidae - Leptocottus - Formerly included in the order Perciformes; the 1991 AFS checklist (Robins et al. 1991) followed Nelson (1984) in recognizing the order Scorpaeniformes as distinct from the Perciformes.
    Habitat Type Description
    Freshwater
    Migration
    false - true - false - Recently metamorphosed young may move from estuarine areas into fresh water.
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    true
    Food Comments
    Juveniles feed mainly on benthic organisms (e.g., amphipods, insect larvae, and polychaete worms). Adults consume shrimps, crabs and fish, as well as crustaceans and marine worms (Wydoski and Whitney 1979).
    Reproduction Comments
    Mature when one year old. Spawns October-March, usually January-February. Females lay between 2,000 to 11,000 eggs, depending on their size (Moyle 1976).
    Ecology Comments
    Life span seldom more than 3 years. Mostly a sedentary fish, but may move rapidly on occasion. Eaten by cormorants, sea lions, etc.
    Length
    46
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1996-09-06
    Global Status Last Changed
    1996-09-06
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?CA.BC=SNR&US.AK=S5&US.CA=SNR&US.OR=S4&US.WA=S4" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    San Quintin Bay, Baja California, north to Kodiak Island and west to Unga Island, Aleutians, Alaska (Lee et al. 1980).
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