Icelus uncinalis
| Icelus uncinalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Icelus |
| Species: | I. uncinalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Icelus uncinalis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | |
Icelus uncinalis, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the Northeast Pacific, Bering Sea and Alaska.[1]
Size
[edit]This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in).[2]
Etymology
[edit]The fish's name is from uncinus, hooked; analis, anal, referring to the short, curved, hook-shaped process of the anal papilla of the male. [3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Quast, J.C. and E.L. Hall, 1972. List of fishes of Alaska and adjacent waters with a guide to some of their literature. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS SSRF-658, 47 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icelus uncinalis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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