Scaled sculpin

Scaled sculpin

Taxobox
name = Scaled sculpins
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Scorpaeniformes
familia = Cottidae
genus = "Icelus"
genus_authority = Krøyer, 1845
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

Scaled sculpins (genus "Icelus") are a group of small benthic fishes (up to 25 cm) living in cold waters. They are mainly found in the North Pacific, with some species in the North Atlantic. They are characterized by a large, laterally compressed head and small spines. The lateral line is present and the dorsal fin base are dotted with scutes (plates).

In FishBase [FishBase family | family = Cottidae | month = February | year = 2006] and Nelson [cite book | author = Joseph S. Nelson | title = Fishes of the World | edition = 3rd edition | publisher = John Wiley & Sons | id = ISBN 0-471-54713-1] the genus is included in the family Cottidae of sculpins but in some classifications it is raised to its own family, Icelidae Berg, 1940.

Species

FishBase lists sixteen species: [FishBase genus | genus = Icelus | month = February | year = 2006]
* "Icelus armatus" (Schmidt, 1916).
* Twohorn sculpin, "Icelus bicornis" (Reinhardt, 1840).
* "Icelus canaliculatus" Gilbert, 1896.
* "Icelus cataphractus" (Pavlenko, 1910).
* "Icelus ecornis" Tsutsui & Yabe, 1996.
* "Icelus euryops" Bean, 1890.
* "Icelus gilberti" (Jordan & Starks, 1904).
* "Icelus mandibularis" Yabe, 1983.
* "Icelus ochotensis" (Gilbert & Burke, 1912).
* "Icelus perminovi" Taranetz, 1936.
* "Icelus rastrinoides" Taranetz, 1936.
* Spatulate sculpin, "Icelus spatula" Gilbert & Burke, 1912.
* Thorny sculpin, "Icelus spiniger" Gilbert, 1896.
* "Icelus stenosomus" Andriashev, 1937.
* "Icelus toyamensis" (Matsubara & Iwai, 1951).
* "Icelus uncinalis" Gilbert & Burke, 1912.

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