Sigmistes

Sigmistes 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.

Sigmistes
Sigmistes caulias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Sigmistes
Rutter, 1898
Type species
Sigmistes caulias
Rutter, 1898[1]

Taxonomy

Sigmistes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologist Cloudsley Louis Rutter[1] when he described Sigmistes caulias from rock pools at Karluk on Kodiak Island in Alaska.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Sigmistes within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]

  • Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898 (Kelp sculpin)
  • Sigmistes smithi L. P. Schultz, 1938 (Arched sculpin)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sigmistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Sigmistes in FishBase. August 2022 version.


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