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Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas, 1814). Threaded Sculpin. To 29.2 cm (11.5 in) TL (Wilson 1973). Southern
Japan Sea off South Korea and Okhotsk Sea to Commander–Aleutian chain, Bering Sea to Port Clarence
(Bering Strait), and to Oliver Inlet, Stephens Passage, southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Bottom, often in shallow water (e.g., UW 25681 and UW 26359, taken by beach seine), reported to
325 m (1,073 ft) but rarely found deeper than 150 m (492 ft; Allen and Smith 1988).
Gymnocanthus tricuspis (Reinhardt, 1830). Arctic Staghorn Sculpin. To 29.9 cm (11.8 in) TL (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Circumpolar; Beaufort and Chukchi seas to northern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Bottom in shallow water close to shore (7.6 m or less; Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and to depth of 451 m
(1,480 ft; Yabe in Okamura et al. 1995).
*Hemilepidotus gilberti Jordan & Starks, 1904. Banded Irish Lord. To about 43 cm (16.9 in) TL (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Japan Sea off North Korea (Lindberg and Krasyukova 1987) and Pacific Ocean off northern
Honshu (Shinohara et al. 1996) to Okhotsk Sea, to western Bering Sea off Commander Islands (Peden
1978) to Cape Olyutorskiy (59°44'N, 170°20'E; ZIN 17740). Intertidal area, including tidepools, and to
depth of 604 m (1,982 ft) (min.: UW 41395, a juvenile from an upper intertidal tidepool; max.: B. A.
Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.), typically at less than 200 m (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811). Red Irish Lord. To 50.8 cm (20 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Commander–Aleutian chain and southeastern Bering Sea (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Mussel Point,
Monterey Bay, central California (Bolin 1944, Peden 1978). Intertidal area, including tidepools, to 88 m
(289 ft) (min.: Peden 1978; max.: UW 48809), reported to 168 m (552 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to
M. L.). A Diablo Cove, central California, observation (Burge and Schultz 1973) predates the revision
of this group by Peden (1978) and cannot be confirmed. Contrary to previous reports, has not been
documented from the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Kamchatka or the western Bering Sea except off
the Commander Islands (Tokranov et al. 2003).
Hemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881. Yellow Irish Lord. To about 52 cm (20.5 in) TL (Zenger 2004); at least one
other fish of similar size was recently caught near Kasatochi Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska (C. W. M.,
unpubl. data). Okhotsk Sea off Hokkaido to Commander–Aleutian chain, Bering Sea, and southern
Chukchi Sea to Port Conclusion, southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Shallow water near
shore (e.g., UW 1359, UW 3097, and UW 26663, taken in beach seines) and to depth of 917 m (3,008 ft;
UW 49511), typically at less than 250 m (820 ft; Allen and Smith 1988); juveniles occasionally in rocky
tidepools (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Hemilepidotus papilio (Bean, 1880). Butterfly Sculpin. To about 37 cm (14.6 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al.
2002). Japan Sea off Hokkaido and Okhotsk Sea to Chukchi Sea, eastern Bering Sea, and Aleutian
Islands (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) west to Buldir Island (Allen and Smith 1988). Intertidal, frequently in
tidepools, and to 320 m (1,050 ft) (min.: Bean 1880; max.: Mecklenburg et al. 2002 [from B. A. Sheiko,
pers. comm.]), typically at less than 150 m (Allen and Smith 1988). Originally named Melletes papilio.
Most authors treat Melletes as a subgenus.
Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854. Brown Irish Lord. To 29 cm (11.25 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Southern Bering Sea (Matarese et al. 2003) and northern Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al.
2002) to Santa Barbara Islands, southern California (Bolin 1944); on mainland to Ventura, southern
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Tidepools and to depth of 102 m (335 ft) (min.: Mecklenburg et al.
2002 [e.g., UW 900, UW 2307]; max.: UW 47501); reported to 113 m (371 ft; Shaw et al. 2002). Since
the species has not been moved from the genus in which it was placed when first described, the author
name and date of publication should not be in parentheses (as recently seen in literature).
Hemilepidotus zapus Gilbert & Burke, 1912. Longfin Irish Lord. To 28.7 cm (11.3 in) TL (Mecklenburg et
al. 2002). Northern Kuril Islands and Commander Islands (Tokranov et al. 2003); Attu Island, Aleutian
Islands to southwestern Gulf of Alaska off Chernabura Island (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and northern
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