''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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.

Taxonomy

''Artediellus'' was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1885 by the American

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with ''Cottus uncinatus'', which was described in 1834 from Greenland by the Danish zoologist

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, as it’s only species and designated as its type species. The 5th edition of ''

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'' classifies the genus ''Alcichthys'' within the

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Cottinae of the family Cottidae, however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.

Etymology

''Artediellus'' is a

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of '' Artedius'', a genus of similar fishes but these do not have the naked body and head of ''Artediellus''.

Species

There are currently fifteen recognized species in this genus, which are split into two

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: * Subgenus ''Artediellus'' D. S. Jordan, 1885 ** ''

Artediellus aporosus ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 belobging 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 gomojunovi ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 belobging 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 belobging 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 belobging 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 Ocean ...

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& Amaoka, 1994 ** '' Artediellus ochotensis'' C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912 ** '' Artediellus pacificus'' 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 formall ...

'' Knipowitsch, 1907 (Hamecon) ** ''

Artediellus schmidti ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 Ocean ...

'' Soldatov, 1915 ** ''

Artediellus uncinatus ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 Ocean ...

'' ( J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1834) (Arctic hookear sculpin) * Subgenus ''Artediellops'' Neeelov, 1979 ** '' Artediellus dydymovi'' Soldatov, 1915 ** ''

Artediellus fuscimentus ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 Ocean ...

'' D. W. Nelson, 1986 ** ''

Artediellus minor ''Artediellus'' is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belobging 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 Ocean ...

'' ( M. Watanabe, 1958)

Characteristics

''Artediellus'' sculpins have wide heads. They have both vomerine teeth and palatine teeth. They have 2 spines on the preoperculum, the upper spine is the largest and is hooked upwards with no supplementary spines. The skin is smooth and naked. The first, spiny dorsal fin is short and is not incised. These are small fishes with the largest species being ''A. camchaticus'' with a maximum published length of while the smallest is A. minor which has a maximum published standard length of .

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

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1711512 Cottinae Taxa named by David Starr Jordan Ray-finned fish genera