The brown Irish lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) is a species of fish native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean.[1]
Brown Irish lord | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
Family: | Agonidae |
Genus: | Hemilepidotus |
Species: | H. spinosus
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Binomial name | |
Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854
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American naturalist William Orville Ayres described the brown Irish lord in 1854.
Up to 29 cm long, the brown Irish lord is a mainly brown fish with red-tinged underparts.[2]
The brown Irish lord is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the southern coastline of Alaska south to Santa Barbara Island in California.[1] It lives near the sea bottom, at depths of up to 780 m.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemilepidotus spinosus". FishBase. December 2017 version.
- ^ "Brown Irish Lord". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.