Ocynectes
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| Ocynectes | |
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| O. maschalis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Ocynectes D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Ocynectes maschalis Jordan & Starks, 1904 [1] | |
Ocynectes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in tidepools in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Ocynectes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1904 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with Ocynectes maschalis, which they described from Wakanoura in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan, designated as its 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 Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Etymology
Ocynectes is a combination of ocy, which means "swift", and nectes, meaning "swimmer", an allusion to the large pectoral fins of O. maschalis.[4]
Species
Ocynectes currently contains two recognized species:[5]
- Ocynectes maschalis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
- Ocynectes modestus Snyder, 1911