Clinocottus acuticeps

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Clinocottus acuticeps

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Clinocottus
Species:
C. acuticeps
Binomial name
Clinocottus acuticeps
(Gilbert, 1896)
Synonyms[2]
  • Oligocottus acuticeps Gilbert, 1896
  • Blennicottus acuticeps (Gilbert, 1896)
  • Oxycottus acuticeps (Gilbert, 1896)

Clinocottus acuticeps, the sharpnose sculpin, is a species of marine

ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae
, the typical sculpins. This sculpin is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Taxonomy

Clinocottus acuticeps was first formally

polyphyletic by some workers and that this species is apparently not closely related to the other species included in the genus.[4] This species is the only species subgenus Oxycottus which was proposed as a genus by David Starr Jordan and Evermann in 1898.[5] The specific name, acuticeps, means "pointed head", alluding to the sharply pointed snout.[6]

Description

Clinocottus acuticeps is identified by its flattened, three branched papilla near the anus and the possession of cirri on the eyeballs, head, the

preoperculum. There is a dark blotch on the spiny dorsal fin between the first and the third spine. All the other fins, other than the plain pelvic fins, are typically dusky with indistinct mottling or barring.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Clinocottus acuticeps is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean along the North American Pacific coast from the

macroalgae. They may desert tidal pools if the condition of the water becomes unsuitable and this species sometimes enters fresh water.[2] This species shows a preference for substrates of sand, gravel and rock with mussels of the genus Mytilus.[1]

Biology

Clinocottus acuticeps is a facultative air breather and can survive out of water. It feeds on small benthic invertebrates found in tide pools and in algae.

ectoparasite Haemobaphes intermedius.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Clinocottus acuticeps Sharpnose Sculpin". NatureServe. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Clinocottis acuticeps" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Clinocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.10.008
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  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oligocottinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ 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 29 January 2023.
  7. ^ Nicolas Bailly (2008). "Clinocottus acuticeps (Gilbert, 1896)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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