- Sea raven
image_caption =Silverspotted sculpin , "Blepsias cirrhosus"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Scorpaeniformes
familia = Hemitripteridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = "Blepsias " "Hemitripterus " "Nautichthys " See text for species.Sea ravens are a family, Hemitripteridae of
scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on smallinvertebrate s, found in the northwestAtlantic and northPacific oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).Species
There are eight species in three genera:
* Genus "Blepsias "
**Crested sculpin , "Blepsias bilobus " Cuvier, 1829.
**Silverspotted sculpin , "Blepsias cirrhosus " (Pallas, 1811).
* Genus "Hemitripterus "
** Sea raven, "Hemitripterus americanus " (Gmelin, 1789).
**Bigmouth sculpin , "Hemitripterus bolini " (Myers, 1934).
** Sea raven, "Hemitripterus villosus " (Pallas, 1814).
* Genus "Nautichthys "
**Sailfin sculpin , "Nautichthys oculofasciatus " (Girard, 1858).
**Eyeshade sculpin , "Nautichthys pribilovius " (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898).
**Shortmast sculpin , "Nautichthys robustus " Peden, 1970.References
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