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Distribution and some features of biology of Berg’s longhorn sculpin Taurocottus bergii (Cottidae) in the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan

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On the basis of trawl catches in 1982–2013, data on occurrence, distribution, size-age and sex composition, as well as feeding of Berg’s longhorn sculpin Taurocottus bergii in the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan are provided. It is shown that this species was erroneously included into the Red Data Book of Primorskii krai, since it is common over the most part of the water area. Bathymetric range of occurrence of the goby is 15-600 m. The main mass of fish migrates at a depth of 150–250 m in waters with the highest temperature (0.8–0.9°C) and prefers depths of 60–250 m with a temperature of 1.5–1.9°C in summer. Juveniles in the warm period of the year inhabit the warmer shallow zone. Maximum length of Berg’s longhorn sculpin is 29 cm. The rate of growth, limiting sizes, and duration of life of females are higher than those of males. The former dominate in the population and reach an age no less than 10 years, and the latter reach no less than 9 years. Sexual maturity of fish occurs at the third to fourth years of life. According to the type of feeding, Berg’s longhorn sculpin is a benthoichthyophage: juveniles eat mainly polychaetes and gammarids, and adult individuals eat mainly decapods (mainly prawns, shrimps) and small fish. The average magnitude of the daily ration of the sculpin in the spring period is 2.3% of the body weight.

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    V. V. Panchenko, O. I. Pushina, P. G. Milovankin & V. A. Nuzhdin

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Panchenko, O.I. Pushina, P.G. Milovankin, V.A. Nuzhdin, 2015, published in Voprosy Ikhtiologii, 2015, Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 313–322.

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Panchenko, V.V., Pushina, O.I., Milovankin, P.G. et al. Distribution and some features of biology of Berg’s longhorn sculpin Taurocottus bergii (Cottidae) in the northwestern part of the Sea of Japan. J. Ichthyol. 55, 388–396 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945215030091

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