Yarrell's blenny
| Chirolophis ascanii (Walbaum, 1792) | ||||
| Family: | Stichaeidae (Pricklebacks) |
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| Order: | Perciformes/Zoarcoidei | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Yarrell's blenny | |||
| Distribution: | Northeast Atlantic: Norwegian coast to Finmarken and Waranger Fjord, occasionally Murman coast, rare in Skagerrak, Kattegat and Öresund, around Helgoland, also British Isles; also the Orkneys, Faroes, Shetlands and Iceland (Ref. 4782). Northwest Atlantic: Canada (Ref. 7251). | |||
| Adult biology: | Usually over rocks and among seaweeds, never in intertidal zone, at 20 m, but descends from 100-280 m (Ref. 4782). Benthic (Ref. 58426). Feeds on bottom invertebrates (small mollusks, polychaetes, hydroids, sponges), also algae (Ref. 4782). Spawns in October - December (Ref. 35388). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Lateral row of melanophores only in posterior part of tail. There are some melanophores on the head. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 72°N - 49°N | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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