''Artediellus'' is a
genus
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of marine
ray-finned fish
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es belonging to the
family
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Cottidae
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, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
Taxonomy
''Artediellus'' was first proposed as a
monospecific genus
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in 1885 by the American
ichthyologist
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David Starr Jordan
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with ''Cottus uncinatus'', which was
described in 1834 from
Greenland
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by the Danish
zoologist
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Johan Reinhardt
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, as its only species and designated as its
type species
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.
Fishes of the World
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'' classifies the genus ''Artediellus'' within the subfamily
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Cottinae
Cottinae is a subfamily of ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. The subfamily has species throughout the northern hemisphere in both marine and freshwater habitats.
Genera
The following gener ...
of the family Cottidae,Psychrolutidae
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.[
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Etymology
''Artediellus'' is a diminutive
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of ''Artedius
''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 ...
'', a genus of similar fishes but these do not have the naked body and head of ''Artediellus''.
Species
There are currently fifteen recognized species
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in this genus,subgenera
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In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
:[
* Subgenus ''Artediellus'' D. S. Jordan, 1885
** '']Artediellus aporosus
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' Soldatov, 1922
** ''Artediellus atlanticus
''Artediellus atlanticus'', the Atlantic hookear sculpin or hookhorn sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae. This species is found along the coasts of Northern Atlantic Ocean.
Taxonomy
''Artediellus atla ...
'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (Atlantic hookear sculpin)
** ''Artediellus camchaticus
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' C. H. Gilbert & Burke
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, 1912
** ''Artediellus gomojunovi
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' Taranetz, 1933
** ''Artediellus ingens
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' D. W. Nelson, 1986
** ''Artediellus miacanthus
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
** ''Artediellus neyelovi
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' Muto
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, Yabe & Amaoka, 1994
** '' Artediellus ochotensis'' C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
** ''Artediellus pacificus
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' C. H. Gilbert, 1896 (Hookhorn sculpin)
** ''Artediellus scaber
The hamecon (''Artediellus scaber'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae. This species is found along the coasts of northeastern Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean.
Taxonomy
The hamecon was first formally ...
'' Knipowitsch, 1907 (Hamecon)
** '' Artediellus schmidti'' Soldatov, 1915
** ''Artediellus uncinatus
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1834) (Arctic hookear sculpin)
* Subgenus ''Artediellops'' Neeelov, 1979
** '' Artediellus dydymovi'' Soldatov, 1915
** '' Artediellus fuscimentus'' D. W. Nelson, 1986
** ''Artediellus minor
''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. Most of the fishes in this genus are found in the northern Pacific Ocean but they also occur in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
...
'' ( M. Watanabe, 1958)
Characteristics
''Artediellus'' sculpins have wide heads. They have both vomerine teeth
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and palatine
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Distribution and habitat
''Artediellus'' sculpins Are found mainly in the North Pacific Ocean, although some species are found in the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans.[ Thesefishes are found from shallow sub tidal waters to depths of .]
References
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Cottinae
Taxa named by David Starr Jordan
Ray-finned fish genera