Hemilepidotus
Genus of fishes
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Hemilepidotus, the Irish lords, is a genus of ray-finned fishes and the only member of the family Hemilepidotidae.[2][3] These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent regions of the Arctic Ocean.[4]
| Hemilepidotus | |
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| H. hemilepidotus, the red Irish lord, is the type species | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Hemilepidotidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898[1] |
| Genus: | Hemilepidotus G. Cuvier, 1829 |
| Type species | |
| Cottus hemilepidotus Tilesius, 1811 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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They were previously placed as the subfamily Hemilepidotinae in the family Agonidae, the poachers and sea ravens.[2] However, a 2026 study found it to form a distinct clade with Nautichthys and Hemitripteridae, and morphologically distinct enough to deserve its own family.[5]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[4][6]
- Hemilepidotus gilberti D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Gilbert's Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811) (Red Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus jordani T. H. Bean, 1881 (Yellow Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus papilio (T. H. Bean, 1880) (Butterfly sculpin)
- Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854 (Brown Irish lord)
- Hemilepidotus zapus C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 (Longfin Irish lord)[6]
