Yellow Irish lord
| Yellow Irish lord | |
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| At Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Hemilepidotus |
| Species: | H. jordani
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881
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The yellow Irish lord (Hemilepidotus jordani) is a species of marine
It is found in the northern Pacific Ocean.Taxonomy
The yellow Irish lord was first formally
Ilyulyuk Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.[1] Bean did not identify the identity of the person honored in the specific name but it is most likely to be David Starr Jordan.[2]
Description
The mature animal is 34–38 cm (13–15 in) in length. Dorsal coloration consists of alternating black and yellow stripes with small white spots laterally. The ventral surface is cream-colored. The fish has 11–12 dorsal
total length of 65 cm (26 in).[3] There is an incision in the first dorsal fin. There are thin cirri on the upper lip.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Hemilepidotus jordani lives in
bathydemersal fish is found at depths between 257 and 604 m (843 and 1,982 ft).[3]
Biology
The yellow Irish lord has a largely unknown biology. Examination of ovaries of female specimens suggest that these fish spawn once annually during the summer. They are predatory fishes which feed on a wide variety of prey, predominantly crabs, although the largest adults eat other fishes.[5] They live to a reported maximum age of 30 years.[3]
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Hemilepidotus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (11 July 2021). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Families Trichodontidae, Jordaniidae, Rhamphocottidae, Scorpaenichthyidae and Agonidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2008). "Hemilepidotus jordani" in FishBase. December 2008 version.
- ^ "Common SCULPIN of Cook Inlet" (PDF). Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Todd T. TenBrink; Troy W. Buckley (2013). "Life-History Apects of the Yellow Irish Lord (Hemilepidotus jordani) in the eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands". Northwestern Naturalist. 94 (2): 126–136.
- "Hemilepidotus jordani (Bean, 1881)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2016-10-16.