Scaled sculpin
| Scaled sculpins | |
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| Icelus spatula | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Icelus Krøyer, 1845 |
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Scaled sculpins (genus Icelus) are a group of small benthic fishes (up to 25 cm) living in cold waters. They are mainly found in the North Pacific, with some species in the North Atlantic. They are characterized by a large, laterally compressed head and small spines. The lateral line is present and the dorsal fin base are dotted with scutes (plates).
In FishBase[1] and Nelson[2] the genus is included in the family Cottidae of sculpins but in some classifications it is raised to its own family, Icelidae Berg, 1940.
Species
The 17 recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Icelus armatus (P. J. Schmidt, 1916)
- Icelus bicornis (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1840) (twohorn sculpin)
- Icelus canaliculatus C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (blacknose sculpin)
- Icelus cataphractus (Pavlenko, 1910)
- Icelus ecornis Tsutsui & Yabe, 1996
- Icelus euryops Bean, 1890
- Icelus gilberti Taranetz, 1936
- Icelus mandibularis Yabe, 1983
- Icelus ochotensis P. J. Schmidt, 1927
- Icelus perminovi Taranetz, 1936 (scaly-belly sculpin)
- Icelus rastrinoides Taranetz, 1936
- Icelus sekii Tsuruoka, Munehara & Yabe, 2006
- Icelus spatula C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (spatulate sculpin)
- Icelus spiniger C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (thorny sculpin)
- Icelus stenosomus Andriashev, 1937
- Icelus toyamensis (Matsubara & Iwai, 1951)
- Icelus uncinalis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cottidae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
- ↑ Joseph S. Nelson. Fishes of the World (3rd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-54713-1.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Icelus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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