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 marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in 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 maximum published total length of 25 cm (9.8 in).[1]
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.[2]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Leiocottus hirundo". FishBase.
- ^ 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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