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Chitonotus pugetensis (Roughback sculpin)

Synonyms: Artedius pugetensis; Chitinotus pugetensis
Language: Mandarin Chinese; Spanish

Wikipedia Abstract

Chitonotus pugetensis, the Roughback sculpin, is a species of sculpin occurring in the eastern Pacific Ocean from British Columbia, Canada (and possibly north to southern Alaska) to southern Baja California, Mexico. This species can be found on sandy or muddy bottoms from the intertidal zone to a depth of 142 metres (466 ft). It is a species that is commonly displayed in public aquariums. This species grows to a length of 23 centimetres (9.1 in) TL. This species is the only known member of its genus.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge IV 352 California, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Prey / Diet

Heptacarpus tenuissimus (slender coastal shrimp)[1]
Rhynocrangon alata[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Artedius fenestralis (Padded sculpin)1

Predators

Phalacrocorax penicillatus (Brandt's Cormorant)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Food Web Relationships of Northern Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca : a Synthesis of the Available Knowledge, Charles A. Simenstad, Bruce S. Miller, Carl F. Nyblade, Kathleen Thornburgh, and Lewis J. Bledsoe, EPA-600 7-29-259 September 1979
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0