Stlengis

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Stlengis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Subfamily: Cottinae
Genus: Stlengis
Jordan & Starks, 1904
Type species
Stlengis osensis
Jordan & Starks, 1904[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Schmidtia Jordan & Starks, 1904
  • Schmidtina Jordan & Starks, 1904

Stlengis is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean where they are only known from the waters around Japan.

Taxonomy[edit]

Stlengis was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1904 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks[1] when they described Stlengis osensis off Ose Point in Suruga Bay, Japan.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Stlengis within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Oligocottinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]

Species[edit]

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Oligocottinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Stlengis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 467–495. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Stlengis in FishBase. August 2022 version.