Biology:Enophrys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Enophrys
Juvenile Buffalo sculpin (Enophrys bison) 196mm.jpg
Buffalo Sculpin (E. bison)
Antlered Sculpin.jpg
Antlered Sculpin (E. diceraus)
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Enophrys

Swainson, 1839

Enophrys is a genus of sculpins native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Enophrys bison (Girard, 1854) (Buffalo sculpin)
  • Enophrys diceraus (Pallas, 1787) (Antlered sculpin)
  • Enophrys lucasi (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1898) (Leister sculpin)
  • Enophrys taurina C. H. Gilbert, 1914 (Bull sculpin)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Enophrys in FishBase. December 2012 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q149022 entry