Heterostichus rostratus, Giant kelpfish : aquarium

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Heterostichus rostratus Girard, 1854

Giant kelpfish
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> Blenniiformes (Blennies) > Clinidae (Clinids)
Etymology: Heterostichus: Greek, heteros = other + Greek, stix, -ichos = row (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Girard.

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

marino demersal; rango de profundidad 0 - 40 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical; 42°N - 14°N, 125°W - 92°W

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Point map | Introducciones | Faunafri

Eastern Pacific: California, USA to southern Baja California, Mexico including Guadalupe Island.

Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 61.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 2850); edad máxima reportada: 4 años (Ref. 56049)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Occurs in intertidal and to 40 m (Ref. 96339). Found among rocks with large seaweeds, often in kelp. Young occur in schools while adults are solitary. Feeds on small crustaceans, mollusks and small fishes. Female attaches eggs to seaweeds, male guards them.

Life cycle and mating behavior Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva

Main reference Upload your references | Referencias | Coordinador : Williams, Jeffrey T. | Colaboradores

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)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 04 May 2010

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Acuario: Comercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 12.6 - 24.6, mean 19.2 °C (based on 24 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 1.0000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00236 - 0.01115), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Nivel trófico (Ref. 69278):  3.9   ±0.62 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 4.4 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resiliencia (Ref. 120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (tm=1.25; tmax=4).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (41 of 100).
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 74.3 [43.0, 136.2] mg/100g; Iron = 0.912 [0.552, 1.529] mg/100g; Protein = 18.9 [18.0, 19.7] %; Omega3 = 0.209 [0.122, 0.342] g/100g; Selenium = 26.5 [14.2, 51.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 10.6 [3.8, 30.3] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.673 [0.480, 0.934] mg/100g (wet weight);