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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and flatheads) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Prionotinae
Etymology: Prionotus: Greek, prion, -onos = saw + Greek, noton = back (Ref. 45335).

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 15 - 110 m (Ref. 2850), usually 18 - 46 m (Ref. 2850). Subtropical, preferred ?; 48°N - 34°S, 125°W - 70°W

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Eastern Pacific: Columbia River in Washington, USA to Chile, but rare north of Baja California, Mexico.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 22.6 range ? - ? cm
Max length : 43.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 38398); common length : 30.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9352)

Inhabits sand or sandy-mud bottom (Ref. 2850).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann, 1983. A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Boston (MA, USA): Houghton Mifflin Company. xii+336 p. (Ref. 2850)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

Least Concern (LC)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; gamefish: yes

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Prionotus stephanophrys Lockington, 1881