Hemilepidotus
Appearance
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Hemilepidotus | |
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H. hemilepidotus, the red Irish lord, is the type species | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Subfamily: | Hemilepidontinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1] |
Genus: | Hemilepidotus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Type species | |
Cottus hemilepidotus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Hemilepidotus, the Irish lords, is a genus of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Agonidae, the poachers and sea ravens. These fishes are found in northern Pacific, northern Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
Species
[edit]There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Hemilepidotus gilberti D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Gilbert's Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811) (Red Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus jordani T. H. Bean, 1881 (Yellow Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus papilio (T. H. Bean, 1880) (Butterfly sculpin)
- Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854 (Brown Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus zapus C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Longfin Irish lord)[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Agonidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b Tokranov, AM; Orlov, AM; Sheiko, BA (2003). "Brief review of the genera Hemilepidotus and Melletes (Cottidae) and some traits of the biology of a new species for Russia Hemilepidotus zapus from Pacific waters of the northern Kurils". Journal of Ichthyology. 43 (3): 333–49.