Furcina
Genus of fishes
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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.
| Furcina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Furcina D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Furcina ishikawae D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 | |
Taxonomy
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
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
