Sigmistes
Genus of fishes
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Sigmistes 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.
| Sigmistes | |
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| Sigmistes caulias | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Sigmistes Rutter, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898[1] | |
Taxonomy
Sigmistes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologist Cloudsley Louis Rutter[1] when he described Sigmistes caulias from rock pools at Karluk on Kodiak Island in Alaska.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Sigmistes within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898 (Kelp sculpin)
- Sigmistes smithi L. P. Schultz, 1938 (Arched sculpin)
