Artedius
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| Artedius | |
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| Coralline sculpin (A. corallinus) | |
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| Padded sculpin (A. fenestralis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Artedius (Girard, 1856) |
| Type species | |
| Scorpaenichthys lateralis Girard, 1854[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Artedius 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.
Artedius was first proposed as a genus in 1854 by the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard with Scorpaenichthys lateralis, described by Girard from California in 1854, designated as its type species by Jordan and Evermann in 1896.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus in the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae[3] but other authorities classify it in the subfamily Oligocottinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Etymology
Artedius suffixes ius, meaning "belonging to" Artedi; Girard did not explain who this was honouring but it is almost certain that it is Peter Artedi, the "father of ichthyology".[4]
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Artedius corallinus (C. L. Hubbs, 1926) (coralline sculpin)
- Artedius fenestralis D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883 (padded sculpin)
- Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896) (scalyhead sculpin)
- Artedius lateralis (Girard, 1854) (smoothhead sculpin)
- Artedius notospilotus Girard, 1856 (bonehead sculpin)
