Sea raven
| Sea raven | |
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| Silverspotted sculpin, Blepsias cirrhosus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea |
| Family: | Hemitripteridae T. N. Gill, 1872 |
| Genera | |
Sea ravens are a family, the Hemitripteridae, of scorpaeniform fish. They are bottom-dwelling fish that feed on small invertebrates, found in the northwest Atlantic and north Pacific Oceans. They are covered in small spines (modified scales).
References[]
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). "Hemitripteridae" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
Categories:
- Hemitripteridae