Black Prickleback

Xiphister atropurpureus (Kittlitz 1858)

Xiphister atropurpureus (Black Prickleback) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family pricklebacks.

EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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30.5 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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bay
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000032
- Definition: An area of water bordered by land on three sides.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Lepeophtheirus parviventris Wilson C. B. 1905
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Podocotyle atomon (Rudolphi 1802) Odhner 1905
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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10.476 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of black prickleback. View this species on GBIF