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Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 21 - 22; Dorsal soft rays (total): 24; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 23 - 24. Caudal broadly rounded or truncate.

Common Names

  • Tanggrønling , Danish , Denmark
  • Kelp greenling , English , Canada
  • Kelp greenling , English , USA
  • Kelp greenling , English , Alaska
  • Kelp greenling , English , Global
  • Ameerika terpuug , Estonian , Estonia
  • Kiijii , Haida (Skidegate) , Canada
  • 十線六線魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 十线六线鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Terpuga oregonska , Polish , Poland
  • терпуг десятилинейный , Russian , Russia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

    Family: Hexagrammidae

    Genus: Hexagrammos

    Species: Hexagrammos decagrammus (Pallas, 1810)

    Climate Zone

  • Temperate

    • Location

    Biology

    Occurs in rocky inshore areas, common on kelp beds, also on sand bottoms (Ref. 2850). Feeds on crustaceans, polychaete worms, brittle stars, mollusks, and small fishes (Ref. 28499). Young are food of steelheads and salmon (Ref. 6885). Frequently caught by shore and skiff fishers and speared by divers (Ref. 2850).

    Habitat

    demersal