Furcina is a small genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean from around Japan and the Republic of Korea.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Furcina D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Furcina ishikawae D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
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Taxonomy edit
Furcina was first proposed as a genus in 1904 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with Furcina ishikawae, which was a new species described by Jordan and Starks from Japan, designated as the type species.[1][2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] However, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Oligocottinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species edit
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Furcina ishikawae D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Ishikawa's sculpin)
- Furcina osimae D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
References edit
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oligocottinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Furcina". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Furcina in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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