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Sea ravens are a family, Hemitripteridae of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).








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Sea ravens are a family, Hemitripteridae of scorpaeniform fishes. They are bottom-dwelling fishes that feed on small invertebrate
Invertebrate

An invertebrate is an animal lacking a vertebral column. The group includes 98% of all animal species ? all animals except those in the Chordate subphylum vertebrate ....
s, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).

Species

There are eight species in three genera:
  • Genus Blepsias
    • Crested sculpin, Blepsias bilobus Cuvier
      Georges Cuvier

      Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
      , 1829      .
    • Silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas

      Peter Simon Pallas was a Germany zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia....
      , 1811)      .
  • Genus Hemitripterus
    • Sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin
      Johann Friedrich Gmelin

      Johann Friedrich Gmelin was a Germany natural history, botanist and entomologist....
      , 1789)      .
    • Bigmouth sculpin, Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934).
    • Sea raven, Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas

      Peter Simon Pallas was a Germany zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia....
      , 1814)      .
  • Genus Nautichthys
    • Sailfin sculpin, Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard
      Charles Frédéric Girard

      Charles Fr?d?ric Girard was a France biologist specializing on ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuch?tel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz....
      , 1858)      .
    • Eyeshade sculpin, Nautichthys pribilovius (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan

      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenics, ichthyologist , educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University....
       & Gilbert, 1898)      .
    • Shortmast sculpin, Nautichthys robustus Peden, 1970.