Found in oyster shells and crevices among barnacles and other fouling organisms (Ref. 2850). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are deposited in nests which are guarded by the male (Ref. 205).

Black Sea

Asia: Eastern Siberia, China, Korea and Japan.

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 - 11

11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2850))

This taxon is one of a number of demersal species in the Amur River system. Demersal river fish are found at the river bottom, feeding on benthos and zooplankton

The persistence of mercury contamination in Amur River bottom sediments is a major issue, arising from historic cinnabar mining in the basin and poor waste management practises, especially in the communist Soviet era, where industrial development was placed ahead of sound conservation practises.

The largest native demersal fish species in the Amur River is the 560 centimeter (cm) long kaluga (Huso dauricus); demersal biota are those that inhabit the bottom of a surface water body. Another large demersal fish found in the Amur is the 300 cm Amur sturgeon (Acipenser schrenckii), a taxon which is endemic to the Amur basin.

Other demersal endemic fish species (all in the concubitae family) of the Amur Basin are Iksookimia longicorpa, I. koreensis, I. hugowolfeldi, Cobitis melanoleuca melanoleuca and the Puan spine loach (Iksookimia pumila).

Depth range based on 23 specimens in 1 taxon.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
  Temperature range (°C): 26.857 - 26.857
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.462 - 0.462
  Salinity (PPS): 34.532 - 34.532
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.572 - 4.572
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.380 - 0.380
  Silicate (umol/l): 2.568 - 2.568

Graphical representation

Depth range (m): 0.5 - 10
 
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demersal; brackish; marine

Found in oyster shells and crevices among barnacles and other fouling organisms (Ref. 2850).

Oviparous (Ref. 56079). Male guards the eggs (Ref. 205).

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
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Species: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1

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