Hemilepidotus

Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus

Hemilepidotus is a genus of fish from the family of sculpins ( Cottidae ). The species of the genus occur in the northern Pacific coastal Hokkaido (Japan) on the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, Kamchatka, the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands to southern California before. They live from the intertidal zone to depths of about 600 meters. In English the fish " Irish Lords " are mentioned.

Features

Hemilepidotus species are stocky built, large-headed fish that can reach a length of 26 to 51 cm. The separated in the other genera stachelstrahligen Gropp and soft-rayed dorsal fins are grown together in Hemilepidotus. The spiny part of the dorsal fin rises between the third and fourth, sometimes between the fourth and fifth sting of step-like. The scales on the fish consist of a broad, multi-row shed tape on both sides of the dorsal fin, as well as a wide zone scales below the lateral line. The spikes in the Vorkiemendeckels are simple, with only one peak.

Fins formula: Dorsal X-XIII/18-23, Anal 0/13-19, Ventral 4

Species

  • Hemilepidotus gilberti Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus ( Tilesius, 1811)
  • Hemilepidotus Jordanian Bean, 1881
  • Hemilepidotus papilio ( Bean, 1880)
  • Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854
  • Hemilepidotus Zapus Gilbert & Burke, 1912
Perciformes Sea of Okhotsk Fish fin FishBase
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