Icelus uncinalis

Icelus uncinalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Psychrolutidae
Genus: Icelus
Species:
I. uncinalis
Binomial name
Icelus uncinalis

Icelus uncinalis, is a marine fish in the family Cottidae. It can be found throughout the Northeast Pacific, Bering Sea and Alaska.

Size

This species reaches a length of 16.0 cm (6.3 in).

Etymology

The fish's name is from uncinus, hooked; analis, anal, referring to the short, curved, hook-shaped process of the anal papilla of the male.

References

  1. ↑ Quast, J.C. and E.L. Hall, 1972. List of fishes of Alaska and adjacent waters with a guide to some of their literature. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Rep. NMFS SSRF-658, 47 p.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Icelus uncinalis". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 August 2024.