Artedius
| Artedius | |
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| Coralline sculpin (A. corallinus) | |
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| Padded sculpin (A. fenestralis) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Artedius (Girard, 1856) |
| Type species | |
| Scorpaenichthys lateralis Girard, 1854[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Artedius is a
ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean
.
Taxonomy
Artedius was first proposed as a genus in 1854 by the French
zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard with Scorpaenichthys lateralis, described by Girard from California in 1854, designated as its type species by Jordan and Evermann in 1896.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus in the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae[3] but other authorities classify it in the subfamily Oligocottinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Etymology
Artedius suffixes ius, meaning “belonging to” Artedi; Girard did not explain who this was honouring but it is almost certain that it is Peter Artedi, the “father of ichthyology”.[4]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Artedius corallinus (C. L. Hubbs, 1926) (coralline sculpin)
- Artedius fenestralis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (padded sculpin)
- Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896) (scalyhead sculpin)
- Artedius lateralis (Girard, 1854) (smoothhead sculpin)
- Artedius notospilotus Girard, 1856 (bonehead sculpin)
Characteristics
Artedius sculpins are similar to many other cottid genera. They share the following identifying characteristics. They do not possess any postcleithra in the pelvic girdle, they have two or three parallel scale rows in the axilla of the
total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[5]
Distribution
Artedius sculpins are found in the eastern North Pacific Ocean from the
Komandorski Islands, Russia, south along the Pacific coast of North America to northern Baja California in Mexico.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oligocottinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Synonyms of Artedius". GBIF.org. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
- ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the originalon 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Artedius in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- hdl:2429/24544.
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