Artedius
Coralline sculpin (A. corallinus)
Padded sculpin (A. fenestralis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Artedius
(Girard, 1856)
Type species
Scorpaenichthys lateralis
Girard, 1854[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Allartedius C. L. Hubbs, 1926
  • Astrolytes Jordan & Starks, 1895
  • Axyrias Starks, 1896
  • Parartedius C. L. Hubbs, 1926
  • Parastrolytes C. L. Hubbs, 1926
  • Pterygiocottus B. A. Bean & Weed, 1920
  • Ruscariops C. L. Hubbs, 1926

Artedius 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.

Taxonomy

Artedius was first proposed as a genus in 1854 by the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard with Scorpaenichthys lateralis, described by Girard from California in 1854, designated as its type species by Jordan and Evermann in 1896.[1] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus in the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae[3] but other authorities classify it in the subfamily Oligocottinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]

Etymology

Artedius suffixes ius, meaning “belonging to” Artedi; Girard did not explain who this was honouring but it is almost certain that it is Peter Artedi, the “father of ichthyology”.[4]

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[5]

Characteristics

Artedius sculpins are similar to many other cottid genera. They share the following identifying characteristics. They do not possess any postcleithra in the pelvic girdle, they have two or three parallel scale rows in the axilla of the pectoral fins with no cirrhi above these. There is a triangular extension of the pterotic bone which extends onto the edge of the cranium, The chin are dark in colour broken by paler circular blotches and the dark flanks are broken by colourless circular blotches too.[6] The largest species is the bonehead sculpin (A. notospilotus) which has a maximum published total length of 25 cm (9.8 in) while the smallest is the scalyhead sculpin (Artedius harringtoni) which has a maximum published total length of 10 cm (3.9 in).[5]

Distribution

Artedius sculpins are found in the eastern North Pacific Ocean from the Komandorski Islands, Russia, south along the Pacific coast of North America to northern Baja California in Mexico.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oligocottinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Synonyms of Artedius". GBIF.org. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (22 October 2022). "Order Perciformes: Suborder Cottoidea: Infraorder Cottales: Family Cottidae (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Artedius in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  6. ↑ Douglas P. Begle (1989). "Phylogenetic Analysis of the Cottid Genus Artedius (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes)". Copeia. 1989 (3): 642–652. doi:10.2307/1445491. hdl:2429/24544.
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