Melletes papilio

Melletes papilio
	a female butterfly sculpin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Melletes
Species:	M. papilio
Binomial name
	Melletes papilio; (Bean, 1880)
Synonyms
	Hemilepidotus papilio Bean, 1880;

Melletes papilio, commonly known as the butterfly sculpin, is a species of fish in the family Cottidae, the largest family of fishes referred to as sculpins. It is the only recognized species in the monotypic genus Melletes.^[2]

Description[]

Illustration of M. papilio, the type species for genus Melletes^[3]

The mature animal is maximum length of 42 cm (17 in), and maximum weight of 960 g (34 oz).^[4]

Distribution[]

M. papilio lives in benthopelagic marine environments of the northern Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk, in sandy or silty flat areas. It is usually found at depths of 41–80 m (135–262 ft) and water temperature from −0.9 to 10.7 °C.^[4]

Behavior[]

Adults feed on mussels, crabs, and barnacles.

References[]

^ "Melletes papilio (Bean, 1880)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
^ Tokranov, AM; Orlov, AM; Sheiko, BA (2003). "Brief review of the genera Hemilepidotus and Melletes (Cottidae) and some traits of the biology of a new species for Russia Hemilepidotus zapus from Pacific waters of the northern Kurils". Journal of Ichthyology. 43 (3): 333–49.
^ Evermann, BW; Goldsborough, EL (1907). Fishes of Alaska. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 26, 1906. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Fig.60.
^ ^a ^b Tokranov, AM (2014). "Some features of biology of butterfly sculpin Melletes papilio (Cottidae) in the pre-Kamchatka waters of the Sea of Okhotsk". Journal of Ichthyology. 54 (8): 558–65. doi:10.1134/S0032945214050117.

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[ITIS-1] "Melletes papilio (Bean, 1880)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2016-10-16.

[Tokranov2003-2] Tokranov, AM; Orlov, AM; Sheiko, BA (2003). "Brief review of the genera Hemilepidotus and Melletes (Cottidae) and some traits of the biology of a new species for Russia Hemilepidotus zapus from Pacific waters of the northern Kurils". Journal of Ichthyology. 43 (3): 333–49.

[Evermann1907-3] Evermann, BW; Goldsborough, EL (1907). Fishes of Alaska. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 26, 1906. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Fig.60.

[Tokranov2014-4] Tokranov, AM (2014). "Some features of biology of butterfly sculpin Melletes papilio (Cottidae) in the pre-Kamchatka waters of the Sea of Okhotsk". Journal of Ichthyology. 54 (8): 558–65. doi:10.1134/S0032945214050117.

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