Stelgistrum | |
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S. beringianum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cottidae |
Subfamily: | Cottinae |
Genus: |
Stelgistrum Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 |
Type species | |
Stelgistrum stejnegeri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Stelgistrum is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Stelgistrum was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert [1] when they described Stelgistrum stejnegeri from Robben Island in the Sea of Okhotsk. [2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Stelgistrum within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae, [3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae. [1]
There are currently three recognized species in this genus: [4]