Hemitripterus americanus

Sea raven
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Suborder: Cottoidei
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Hemitripterus
Species:
H. americanus
Binomial name
Hemitripterus americanus
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Scorpaena americana Gmelin, 1789
  • Cottus acadian Walbaum, 1792
  • Cottus hispidus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Cottus tripterygius Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Scorpaena americana Lacépède, 1801
  • Scorpaena flava Mitchill, 1815
  • Scorpaena purpurea Mitchill, 1818
  • Scorpaena rufa Mitchill, 1818
  • Hemitripterus americanus Cuvier, 1829
  • Hemitripterus acadianus Storer, 1853

Hemitripterus americanus, the sea raven, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Hemitripterinae of the family Agonidae. The sea raven is found along the Atlantic coast of North America.

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