Sigmistes | |
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Sigmistes caulias | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Cottidae |
Subfamily: | Cottinae |
Genus: | Sigmistes Rutter, 1898 |
Type species | |
Sigmistes caulias Rutter, 1898[1]
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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 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]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]