Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Cottidae Sculpins

Genus: Hemilepidotus

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)
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Photo by Myoung, J.-G.

North Pacific
Max. Length 36 cm SL
Hemilepidotus gilberti Jordan & Starks, 1904

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Hemilepidotus gilberti
[Gilbert's Irish Lord]

Photo by Gotshall, D.W.

North Pacific
Max. Length 51 cm TL
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811)

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Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
[Red Irish lord]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 65 cm TL
Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881

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Hemilepidotus jordani
[Yellow Irish lord]

Photo by Orlov, A.

Arctic
Max. Length 45 cm FL
Hemilepidotus papilio (Bean, 1880)

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Hemilepidotus papilio
[Butterfly sculpin]

Photo by Bauder, C.

Eastern Pacific
Max. Length 29 cm TL
Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854

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Hemilepidotus spinosus
[Brown Irish lord]

Photo by Orlov, A.

North Pacific
Max. Length 26 cm TL
Hemilepidotus zapus Gilbert & Burke, 1912

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Hemilepidotus zapus
[Longfin Irish lord]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hemilepidotus gilberti Gilbert's Irish Lord North Pacific 36 SL 1904
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus Red Irish lord North Pacific 51 TL 1811
Hemilepidotus jordani Yellow Irish lord North Pacific 65 TL 1881
Hemilepidotus papilio Butterfly sculpin Arctic 45 FL 1880
Hemilepidotus spinosus Brown Irish lord Eastern Pacific 29 TL 1854
Hemilepidotus zapus Longfin Irish lord North Pacific 26 TL 1912



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