Archistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. the two species in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
| Archistes | |
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| Scaled Sculpin (A. biseriatus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Archistes Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Archistes plumarius Jordan & Gilbert, 1898[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy edit
Archistes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologist David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert when they described Archistes plumarius, from Ushishir in the Kurils , as its only species and designated as its type species.[1][2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Artediellus 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 edit
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Archistes biseriatus (Gilbert & Burke, 1912) (Scaled sculpin)
- Archistes plumarius Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 (Plumed sculpin)
References edit
- ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Psychrolutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Archistes". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Archistes in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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