Artedius harringtoni

• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
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Common Names

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Description

Family Cottidae

Distribution: Northern Hemisphere and near New Zealand. Body often appears naked, commonly bearing scales or prickles; eye usually large, located high on the head . Lateral line one. One spine on pelvic fin and 2-5 soft rays . Anal fin lacking spines. No swim bladder in adults . Reaches about 78 cm maximum length in Scorpaenichthys marmoratus. Marine sculpins = ISSCAAP 39; freshwater sculpins = ISSCAAP 13.The family Cottidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Scorpaeniformes. It contains 70 genera and 300 species. It may be found in Marine, Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Peripheral/diadromous. Some members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are guarders . The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is subcarangiform. Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be sluggish. Members of this family have been dated back to the Oligocene epoch of the Tertiary period. This family may be found from 80° n to 30° s and 180° w to 180° e. Etymology of this family name : Greek, kottos = name of a fish. 1854

Habitat

Found in intertidal and subtidal rocky areas, around pilings (Ref. 2850). May be found at depths of 1 to 21 meters.

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,949 meters (0 to -9,675 feet).Mean = -147.600 meters (-484.252 feet), Standard Deviation = 488.200 based on 301 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.

Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .

Biology

Behavior

Territorial (Ref. 6885).

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Artedius harringtoni (Starks)
2. Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896)
3. Axyrias harringtoni Starks, 1896
4. Pterygiocottus macouni Bean & Weed, 1920

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Synonym: Pterygiocottus macouni. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: September 19, 1996.

Family : Sculpins .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Artedius

There are approximately 9 species in this genus:

A. asperulus · A. corallinus (Coralline Sculpin) · A. delacyi · A. fenestralis (Padded Sculpin) · A. hankinsoni · A. harringtoni (Plumose Sculpin) · A. lateralis (Round-Nosed Sculpin) · A. notospilotus (Bonehead Sculpin) · A. type

Bibliography

• Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 336 p.
• Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
• Hart, J.L. (1973). Pacific fishes of Canada. Fish. Res. Board Can. Bull. 180:1-740.
• Lamb, A. and P. Edgell (1986). Coastal fishes of the Pacific northwest. Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd., B.C., Canada. 224 p.
• Newman, L. (1995). Census of fish at the Vancouver aquarium, 1994. Unpublished manuscript.
• Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1980. A List of Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, Fourth Edition. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 12. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 174.

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Notes

Contributors

• Amaoka, Kunio (from FishBase).
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 7, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:

• Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
• Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
• FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2487615
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24439
• Fishbase Species ID: 4047
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 110615
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167213
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC4E23030
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 103135

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