Hemitripterus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, sculpins, belonging to the subfamily Hemitripterinae which is part of the family Agonidae. These fishes are found in the North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic Oceans.
Hemitripterus | |
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Sea raven H. americanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Perciformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Subfamily: | Hemitripterinae |
Genus: | Hemitripterus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
Type species | |
Cottus tripterygius | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editThe recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Hemitripterus americanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (sea raven)
- Hemitripterus bolini (G. S. Myers, 1934) (bigmouth sculpin)
- Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)
References
edit- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hemitripterinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemitripterus". FishBase. December 2012 version.