Review Article

Some Rare and Insufficiently Studied Snailfish (Liparidae, Scorpaeniformes, Pisces) in the Pacific Waters off the Northern Kuril Islands and Southeastern Kamchatka, Russia

Table 5

Lengths (cm) and weights (g) of seven snailfish species related to age off the northern Kuril Islands and southeastern Kamchatka (numerators: mean total lengths ± standard error, range is given in parentheses, sample size is marked by asterisk; denominators: mean body weights ± standard error).

SpeciesAge, years
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E. obscurus 2 0 . 0 ± 0 . 4 (18–22, 11*)
1 0 3 ± 1 4 (60–190)
2 4 . 0 ± 0 . 2 (23–26, 25*)
1 9 7 ± 9 (130–280)
2 9 . 9 ± 0 . 2 (26–29, 16*)
2 5 8 ± 1 1 (180–330)
2 9 . 1 ± 0 . 2 (29–31, 18*)
3 5 3 ± 9 (300–410)
32 (1*)
600

P. grandis22 (2*)
160 (130–190)
25 (24–26, 2*)
160
2 9 . 5 ± 0 . 2 (28–32, 21*)
2 1 3 ± 1 2 (120–320)
3 2 . 3 ± 0 . 2 (32–34, 22*)
2 6 9 ± 1 2 (170–340)
3 4 . 8 ± 0 . 4 (34–37, 7*)
3 4 0 ± 2 0
40 (1*)
560

C. cypselurus24.5 (1*)
270
2 7 . 0 ± 0 . 4 (25–29, 13*)
2 6 0 ± 1 3 (180–350)
3 0 . 1 ± 0 . 1 (29–32, 43*)
3 4 2 ± 7 (240–450)
3 2 . 1 ± 0 . 1 (32–34, 29*)
4 5 6 ± 1 7 (280–700)
3 4 . 0 ± 0 . 2 (34–36, 11*)
5 7 7 ± 3 6 (350–800)

A. jordani14.5 (1*)
60
22.3 (2*)
195 (150–240)
2 7 . 3 ± 0 . 7 (26–28, 3*)
3 5 8 ± 4 4 (210–430)
3 1 . 8 ± 0 . 2 (31-32, 3*)
5 9 2 ± 4 4 (510–660)
34 (1*)
730

P. beckeri 2 6 . 6 ± 0 . 7 (25–27, 4*)
2 6 3 ± 2 4 (220–310)
2 9 . 7 ± 0 . 9 (28–31, 3*)
3 5 8 ± 6 0 (290–480)
31 (1*)
540

C. zachirus19.5 (1*)
110
2 2 . 5 ± 0 . 6 (21–24, 6*)
1 4 7 ± 4 (135–160)
2 5 . 4 ± 0 . 2 (24–27, 17*)
1 9 9 ± 1 3 (120–300)
2 7 . 0 ± 0 . 2 (26–28, 8*)
2 4 3 ± 1 4 (200–300)

C. colletti24 (1*)
180
28.3 (28-29, 2*)
265 (260–270)
30.5 (29–31, 2*)
385 (380–390)