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PHYLUM:
Chordata; CLASS: Osteichthyes; SUPERORDER: Teleostei
FAMILY: Cottidae
GENUS: Radulinus; SPECIES: asprellus; DESCRIBER:
Gilbert
Position
of Radulinus
asprellus in
worldwide arrangement of fish species.
What
are SLIM SCULPINS?
Coming.
EARLY
LIFE HISTORY of SLIM
SCULPINS:
Spawning
Season of Adult SLIM SCULPIN:The spawning season
of Slim Sculpins is unknown, but the occurrence of newly
hatched babies in May suggests that they spawn in winter
or early spring.
Where SLIM SCULPIN
Eggs are Found: It is not known where their eggs
are laid.
Characteristics
of Eggs: The
eggs of Slim Sculpins are unknown.
Size
of Babies at Hatching: The capture of babies at
sizes of 4 - 5 mm suggest they hatch at about 3 mm.
Early Movements of SLIM SCULPIN
Babies: Nothing
is know about their early movements.
Small numbers (<5 per 10 min. tow) of baby Slim
Sculpins were captured on the 20th of May, 1972, scattered
within the Broken Island Group of Islands in Barkley
Sound. (Ref. 18). |