Stelgistrum
Genus of fishes
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Stelgistrum 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.
| Stelgistrum | |
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| S. beringianum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Psychrolutidae |
| Genus: | Stelgistrum Jordan & Gilbert, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Stelgistrum stejnegeri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Taxonomy
Stelgistrum was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Charles Henry Gilbert[1] when they described Stelgistrum stejnegeri from Robben Island in the Sea of Okhotsk.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Stelgistrum 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 three recognized species in this genus:[4]
- Stelgistrum beringianum Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- Stelgistrum concinnum Andriashev, 1935 (Largeplate sculpin)
- Stelgistrum stejnegeri Jordan & Gilbert, 1898
