Zesticelus
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| Zesticelus | |
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| Z. bathybius | |
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| Z. profundorum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Zesticelus Jordan & Evermann, 1896 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthocottus profundorum | |
Zesticelus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the North Pacific Ocean.
Zesticelus was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1896 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann with Acanthocottus profundorum designated as its type species.[1] A. profundorum was originally described in 1896 by Charles Henry Gilbert who gave its type locality as the Bering Sea north of Unalaska Island.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Zesticelus 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]
- Zesticelus bathybius (Günther, 1878)
- Zesticelus ochotensis Yabe, 1995
- Zesticelus profundorum (C. H. Gilbert, 1896) (Flabby sculpin)
There is a fourth species which has an uncertain taxonomic status, Zesticelus japonicus which was described from Niigata in Japan in 1957 but the type has been lost.[2]