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Lavender sculpin

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Lavender sculpin
Scientific classification
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Leiocottus

Girard, 1856
Species:
L. hirundo
Binomial name
Leiocottus hirundo
Girard, 1856

The lavender sculpin (Leiocottus hirundo) is a species of sculpin, a nearshore benthic fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is found from southern California, United States to northern Baja California, Mexico. It lives from inshore waters to a depth of around 37 metres (121 ft). This species grows to a length of 25 centimetres (9.8 in) TL.

Leiocottus hirundo is the only member of its genus. However, phylogenetically it falls within the diversity of the genus Clinocottus. It is a sister taxon to Clinocottus analis.[1]

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiocottus hirundo". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  1. ^ Thaddaeus J. Busera, J. Andrés López (2015) Molecular phylogenetics of sculpins of the subfamily Oligocottinae (Cottidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 86, 64–74.