Sea raven

Sea raven
Silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Hemitripteridae
T. N. Gill, 1872
Genera

Blepsias
Hemitripterus
Nautichthys

Sea ravens are a family, the Hemitripteridae, of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrates, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific Oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).

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