Sea raven
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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 without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...

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
      Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...

      , 1829
      .
    • Silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus (Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...

      , 1811)
      .
  • Genus Hemitripterus
    • Sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus (Gmelin
      Johann Friedrich Gmelin
      Johann Friedrich Gmelin was a German naturalist, botanist, entomologist, herpetologist and malacologist.- Education :Johann Friedrich Gmelin was born as the eldest son of Philipp Friedrich Gmelin in 1748 in Tübingen...

      , 1789)
      .
    • Bigmouth sculpin, Hemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934).
    • Sea raven, Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas
      Peter Simon Pallas was a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia.- Life and work :Pallas was born in Berlin, the son of Professor of Surgery Simon Pallas. He studied with private tutors and took an interest in natural history, later attending the University of Halle and the University...

      , 1814)
      .
  • Genus Nautichthys
    • Sailfin sculpin
      Sailfin sculpin
      The sailfin sculpin is a species of scorpaeniform marine fish in the sea raven family Hemitripteridae, native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska to San Miguel Island off southern California...

      , Nautichthys oculofasciatus (Girard
      Charles Frédéric Girard
      Charles Frédéric Girard was a French biologist specializing in ichthyology and herpetology.Born in Mulhouse, France, he studied at the College of Neuchâtel, Switzerland as a student of Louis Agassiz. In 1847, he accompanied Agassiz as his assistant to Harvard...

      , 1858)
      .
    • Eyeshade sculpin, Nautichthys pribilovius (Jordan
      David Starr Jordan
      David Starr Jordan, Ph.D., LL.D. was a leading eugenicist, ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. He was president of Indiana University and Stanford University.-Early life and education:...

       & Gilbert, 1898)
      .
    • Shortmast sculpin, Nautichthys robustus Peden, 1970.
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