Silverspotted sculpin
| Silverspotted sculpin | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Hemitripteridae |
| Genus: | Blepsias |
| Species: | B. cirrhosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas, 1814)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Blepsias draciscus Jordan & Starks, 1904 | |
The silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus, is a scorpaeniform marine fish in the sea raven family Hemitripteridae, native to the northern Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Japan and Alaska to San Miguel Island off southern California. Its name originates from its elongated, sail-like first dorsal fin; the sailfin sculpin is also a popular subject in public aquariums.[2][3]
References
- ↑ A list of fishes of Peter the Great Bay (the Sea of Japan). Jpan: J. Ichthyol. 1998. p. 6.
- ↑ "Silverspotted sculpin". Fishbase. fishbase organization. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ↑ http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279417
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