. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 117 Calif. Fish and Game 72 (2): 117-126 1986 NOTES FIRST RECORD OF HEMITRIPTERUS BOLINI, THE BIGMOUTH SCULPIN, FROM CAUFORNIAN WATERS. On 30 April 1985, while trawling off Eureka for Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus, the crew of the CHEROKEE landed amongst their catch a large fish with which they were unfamiliar. The specimen, a gravid female, cm total length (tl) and kg when fresh, proved to be Hemitripterus bolini (Myers,
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. 117 Calif. Fish and Game 72 (2): 117-126 1986 NOTES FIRST RECORD OF HEMITRIPTERUS BOLINI, THE BIGMOUTH SCULPIN, FROM CAUFORNIAN WATERS. On 30 April 1985, while trawling off Eureka for Dover sole, Microstomus pacificus, the crew of the CHEROKEE landed amongst their catch a large fish with which they were unfamiliar. The specimen, a gravid female, cm total length (tl) and kg when fresh, proved to be Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934), the bigmouth sculpin (Figure 1). The species was previously not known from Californian waters. The sculpin was taken by bottom trawl fished at 130 fm (238 m) at lat '' N, long 124° ' W. The capture of this sculpin brings to 45 the number of cottids known from California marine waters. The distribution of this boreal species has been given as Bering Sea to northern British Columbia (Hart 1973). Previous maximum size, given also by Hart (1973), was "Length to 27 inches (69 cm)," 4 cm less than the California Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original California. Dept. of Fish and Game; California. Fish and Game Commission; California. Division of Fish and Game. [San Francisco, etc. ] State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game
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