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Locations of barcode samples
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Hemitripteridae
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 62 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 60 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 60 |
| Public Records: | 27 |
| Species: | 8 |
| Species With Barcodes: | 8 |
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Wikipedia
Sea raven
Sea ravens are a family, Hemitripteridae of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrates, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific 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
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Hemitripteridae" in FishBase. February 2006 version.
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