Triglops

Triglops
Triglops metopias
Systematics
Perch relatives (Percomorphaceae) Order : Perch-like (Perciformes) Subordination : Cottoidei Partial order : Bull relatives (Cottales) Family : Dickkopf bullheads (Psychrolutidae) Genre : Triglops
Scientific name
Triglops
( Reinhardt , 1830)

Triglops is a genus of fish from the family of psychrolutidae (Psychrolutidae). The species of the genus occur close to the coast in the northern Pacific from Hokkaidō (Japan) over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk , the Bering Sea , the Aleutian Islands , the coast of Alaska and to the US state of Washington . In addition, their range includes the coasts of the Arctic Ocean , Greenland , Iceland and the Atlantic coast of Northern Europe. They live to depths of over 1000 meters.

features

Triglops are elongated, slender fish with pointed mouths. They reach a length of 10 to 31 cm. The genus is characterized by oblique rows of small, fused scales below the sideline . The head and back are not always scaled. The upper spine of the gill cover is rounded or slightly curved.

species

Triglops pingelii

• Triglops Dorothy Pietsch & Orr, 2006
• Triglops forficatus Gilbert, 1896
• Triglops jordani Jordan & Starks, 1904
• Triglops macellus Bean, 1884
• Triglops metopias Gilbert & Burke, 1912
• Murray's bullhead ( Triglops murrayi ) Günther, 1888
• Triglops Nybelini Jensen, 1944
• Triglops pingelii Reinhardt, 1837
• Triglops scepticus Gilbert, 1896
• Triglops xenostethus Gilbert, 1896

literature

• Eschmeyer, Herald, Hamann: Pacific Coast Fishes , Peterson Field Guides, ISBN 0-395-33188-9

Web links

Commons : Triglops  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Triglops on Fishbase.org (English)