''Hemilepidotus'', the Irish lords, is a
genus
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of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
es belonging to the
family
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Agonidae
Agonidae is a family of small, bottom-dwelling, cold-water marine fish. Common names for members of this family include poachers, Irish lords, sea ravens, alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. They are notable for having elongate ...
, the poachers and sea ravens. These fishes are found in northern Pacific, northern Atlantic and the Arctic Oceans.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Hemilepidotus gilberti''
D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Gilbert's Irish lord)
* ''
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus
The red Irish lord (''Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish in the family Agonidae. It is found in the northern Pacific ocean, Pacific Ocean, from Russia to Alaska and as far south as Monterey Bay. It is a distinct ...
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( Tilesius, 1811) (Red Irish lord)
* ''
Hemilepidotus jordani''
T. H. Bean, 1881 (Yellow Irish lord)
* ''
Hemilepidotus papilio''
(T. H. Bean, 1880) (Butterfly sculpin)
* ''
Hemilepidotus spinosus''
Ayres, 1854 (Brown Irish lord)
* ''
Hemilepidotus zapus''
C. H. Gilbert & Burke
Burke is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (–1206) had the surname ''de Burgh'' which was gaelicised ...
, 1912 (Longfin Irish lord)
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References
Agonidae
Marine fish genera
Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
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