Brown Irish lord
The brown Irish lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) is a species of fish native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Agonidae |
| Genus: | Hemilepidotus |
| Species: | H. spinosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854 | |
American naturalist William Orville Ayres described the brown Irish lord in 1854.
Up to 29 cm long, the brown Irish lord is a mainly brown fish with red-tinged underparts.[2]
The brown Irish lord is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the southern coastline of Alaska south to Santa Barbara Island in California.[1] It lives near the sea bottom, at depths of up to 780 m.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Hemilepidotus spinosus" in FishBase. December 2017 version.
- "Brown Irish Lord". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
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