Hemilepidotus

Hemilepidotus
Red Irish Lord (H. hemilepidotus)
Butterfly Sculpin (female) (H. papilio)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Hemilepidotus G. Cuvier, 1829

Hemilepidotus, the Irish lords, is a genus of sculpins native mostly to the northern Pacific Ocean and the Arctic Ocean.

Species

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

• Hemilepidotus gilberti D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904 (Gilbert's Irish Lord)
• Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (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, 1912 (Longfin Irish lord)

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