Spinynose sculpin

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Spinynose sculpin
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Asemichthys
Gilbert, 1912
Species:
A. taylori
Binomial name
Asemichthys taylori
Jordan & Gilbert, 1912
Synonyms [1]
  • Radulinus taylori (Gilbert, 1912)

The spinynose sculpin (Asemichthys taylori) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska south to Washington and the San Juan Islands. The spinynose sculpin is the only species in the monospecific genus Asemichthys. [1] This sculpin lays its eggs on the egg masses of the buffalo sculpin ( Enophrys bison ), thought to be a strategy to take advantage of the larger fish’s egg guarding behaviour. [2]

Taxonomy

The spinynose sculpin was first formally described as Radulinus taylori in 1912 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert. [3] In the same year Gilbert reclassified this species in the monospecific genus Asemichthys. [4] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Asemichthys within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae, [5] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Radulininae of the family Psychrolutidae. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Asemichthys taylori" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  2. Jason Parillo. "Buffalo Sculpin" (PDF). Pacific Lutheran University. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Asemichthys". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  4. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Radulininae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  5. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN   978-1-118-34233-6.