Sigmistes
| Sigmistes | |
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| Sigmistes caulias | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Sigmistes Rutter, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898[1]
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Sigmistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Taxonomy[edit]
Sigmistes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologist Cloudsley Louis Rutter[1] when he described Sigmistes caulias from rock pools at Karluk on Kodiak Island in Alaska.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Sigmistes within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species[edit]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898 (Kelp sculpin)
- Sigmistes smithi L. P. Schultz, 1938 (Arched sculpin)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sigmistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Sigmistes in FishBase. August 2022 version.
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