Suvarna Garge (Editor)

Scaled sculpin

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Icelus

Higher classification
  
Cottidae

Order
  
Scorpaeniformes

Family
  
Cottidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Scaled sculpin httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Cottidae, Triglops, Gymnocanthus, Sculpin, Icelinus

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 and Nelson 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

The 17 recognized species in this genus are:

  • Icelus armatus (P. J. Schmidt, 1916)
  • Icelus bicornis (J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1840) (twohorn sculpin)
  • Icelus canaliculatus C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (blacknose sculpin)
  • Icelus cataphractus (Pavlenko, 1910)
  • Icelus ecornis Tsutsui & Yabe, 1996
  • Icelus euryops Bean, 1890
  • Icelus gilberti Taranetz, 1936
  • Icelus mandibularis Yabe, 1983
  • Icelus ochotensis P. J. Schmidt, 1927
  • Icelus perminovi Taranetz, 1936 (scaly-belly sculpin)
  • Icelus rastrinoides Taranetz, 1936
  • Icelus sekii Tsuruoka, Munehara & Yabe, 2006
  • Icelus spatula C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (spatulate sculpin)
  • Icelus spiniger C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (thorny sculpin)
  • Icelus stenosomus Andriashev, 1937
  • Icelus toyamensis (Matsubara & Iwai, 1951)
  • Icelus uncinalis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
  • References

    Scaled sculpin Wikipedia