Actinopteri (ray-finned fishes) > Perciformes/Cottoidei
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(Poachers) > Hemitripteridae
Etymology: Nautichthys: Greek, nautes = sailor + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 73 m (Ref. 50610). Temperate
North Pacific: Attu Island, Alaska to northern Washington, USA.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 48798)
(total): 7 - 8;
soft rays: 14 - 15. Spinous dorsal short with anterior spines longest; caudal slightly rounded; pectorals rounded, lower 8 rays exserted, middle rays lengthened reaching anal insertion; pelvic fins reaching anus (Ref. 6885). Color pale brown, lighter ventrally; dark band through eye; eye and cirrus black; dorsal fins speckled, with spinous fin darker; usually 4 dark saddles across back, and dark band at base of caudal fin; posterior edge of caudal darker (Ref. 6885). Recognizable by having a combination of gill membranes fused to isthmus, strong longitudinal depression in occiput, scales embedded in papillae covering body except in axilla, moderate-sized spinous dorsal, second dorsal with fewer than 22 rays, and a black band through eye (Ref. 6885).
Occurs near shore and to 73 m depth, on sand and rock bottoms and shallow exposed areas (Ref. 2850).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. 123251)
CITES (Ref. 123416)
Threat to humans
Common namesSynonymsMetabolismPredatorsEcotoxicologyReproductionMaturitySpawningSpawning aggregationFecundityEggsEgg development
ReferencesAquacultureAquaculture profileStrainsGeneticsAllele frequenciesHeritabilityDiseasesProcessingMass conversion
Estimates based on models
Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969
): 3.5 - 11.1, mean 7.5 °C (based on 214 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82805
= 0.6289 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01122 (0.00453 - 0.02779), b=3.05 (2.83 - 3.27), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245
Trophic level (Ref. 69278
): 4.0 ±0.7 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179
): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref. 59153
): Low vulnerability (18 of 100) .