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Enophrys
''Enophrys'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Enophrys'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1839 by the English zoologist William Swainson with its only and type species being ''Cottus claviger''. This species had been described in 1839 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier from Kamchatka but it was later determined to be a synonym of ''Cottus diceraus'', originally described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1787, also from Kamchatka. The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' classifies this genus within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae, however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Myoxocephalinae of the family Psychrolutidae, although others place the subfamily Myoxocephalinae within the Cottidae. Etymology ''Enophrys'' prefixes ''phrys'', meaning "brow", with ''en'', ning "very", presumed to be a referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enophrys Diceraus
''Enophrys diceraus'', the antlered sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy ''Enophrys diceraus'' was first formally described as ''Cottus diceraus'' in 1787 by the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas with its type locality given as Kamchatka. In 1829 the French zoologist Georges Cuvier described ''Cottus claviger'', also from Kamchatka, and in 1839 the English zoologist William Swainson proposed a new monospecific genus for Cuvier's species which he called ''Enophrys''. Later Cuvier's ''C. claviger'' was found to be a synonym of Pallas's ''C, diceraus'' but it is the type species of the genus ''Enophrys''. The specific name ''diceraus'' means "two-horned" a reference to the preopercular spines, one on each side of the head. Description ''Enophrys diceraus'' has a long straight spine on the upper cheek, the preopercular spine which reaches past the opercu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enophrys Bison
''Enophrys bison'', the buffalo sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the Family (biology), family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy The buffalo sculpin was first formally described as ''Aspicottus bison'' in 1854 by the French zoologist Charles Frédéric Girard with its type locality given as San Francisco. The Specific name (zoology), specific name bison is presumed to refer to the long preopercular spines, similar to the horns of an American bison (''Bison bison''). Description The buffalo sculpin has a dorsal fins which are supported by between 7 and 9 spines and between 10 and 13 soft rays while the anal fin has 8 or 9 soft rays. The pelvic fins are small and the caudal fin is rounded. This species reaches a maximum published total length of . This species is well-camouflaged and has a mottled pattern, which varies from pink and green to brown in colour, and there are dark saddle patches along the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
