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Kasatkia seigeli Posner & Lavenberg, 1999

Six-spot prickleback
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United States (contiguous states) country information

Common names: Sixspot prickleback, Six-spot prickleback
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: Intake Cove (Diablo Canyon Power Plant, San Luis Obispo County, California, LACM 47329-1 (holotype of K. seigeli) (Ref. 33376).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Posner, M. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1999
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Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Zoarcoidei (Eelpouts and pricklebacks) > Opisthocentridae ("Rearspined fin pricklebacks")
Etymology: Kasatkia: A population in the Kuril islands;  seigeli: Named for Jeffrey A. Seigel..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 6 - 26 m (Ref. 51666).   Tropical

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