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PHYLUM:
Chordata; CLASS: Osteichthyes; SUPERORDER: Teleostei
FAMILY: Cottidae
GENUS: Ruscarius;
SPECIES: meanyi; DESCRIBER:
Jordan and Starks
[The Puget Sound Sculpin has been put back into the genus Ruscarius
from Artedius (Ref. 01a).]
Position
of Ruscarius
meanyi in
worldwide arrangement of fish species.
What
are PUGET SOUND SCULPINS?
Coming.
EARLY
LIFE HISTORY of the PUGET
SOUND SCULPIN:
Spawning
Season of Adult PUGET SOUND SCULPINS: The
spawning season is unknown but the occurence
of babies in spring suggest a winter spawning.
Where PUGET SOUND SCULPIN Eggs
are Found: It is not known where the eggs of PUGET
SOUND SCULPIN are located.
Characteristics
of Eggs: It
is not known what these eggs look like.
Size
of Babies at Hatching: These babies hatch
at about 3 mm.
Early Movements of PUGET SOUND SCULPIN
Babies: The
early movements are not known. Baby PUGET SOUND
SCULPINS were captured in small numbers (< 5 individuals
per 10 min. tow) in the Deer Island Group (Ref. 18).
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