Lavender sculpin
| Lavender sculpin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Leiocottus Girard, 1856 |
| Species: | L. hirundo
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| Binomial name | |
| Leiocottus hirundo Girard, 1856
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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.
- ^ Thaddaeus J. Busera, J. Andrés López (2015) Molecular phylogenetics of sculpins of the subfamily Oligocottinae (Cottidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 86, 64–74.
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