Hemilepidotus
| Hemilepidotus | |
|---|---|
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| Red Irish Lord (H. hemilepidotus) | |
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| Butterfly Sculpin (female) (H. papilio) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Hemilepidotus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Hemilepidotus, the Irish lords, is a genus of sculpins native mostly to the northern Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- 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)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Hemilepidotus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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