Hemitripterus

Hemitripterus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes, sculpins, belonging to the subfamily Hemitripterinae which is part of the family Agonidae. These fishes are found in the North Pacific and Northwest Atlantic Oceans.

Hemitripterus
Sea raven H. americanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Agonidae
Subfamily:	Hemitripterinae
Genus:	Hemitripterus G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Cottus tripterygius Bloch & Schneider, 1801[1]
Synonyms[1]
Ulca Jordan & Evermann, 1896

Species

The recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

• Hemitripterus americanus (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) (sea raven)
• Hemitripterus bolini (G. S. Myers, 1934) (bigmouth sculpin)
• Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)