brown irish lord
Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The brown Irish lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) is a species of fish native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
American naturalist William Orville Ayres described the brown Irish lord in 1854.
Up to 29 cm long, the brown Irish lord is a mainly brown fish with red-tinged underparts.
The brown Irish lord is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the southern coastline of Alaska south to Santa Barbara Island in California. It lives near the sea bottom, at depths of up to 780 m.
Wikipedia contributors, Brown Irish lord; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:08:10.512554+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854
- Name authority
- Ayres, 1854
- Common name
- brown irish lord
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Hemilepidotidae
- Genus
- Hemilepidotus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderCottoidei
- familyHemilepidotidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- genusHemilepidotus Cuvier, 1829
- speciesHemilepidotus spinosus Ayres, 1854
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemilepidotus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| yellow Irish lordHemilepidotus jordani Bean, 1881 | HemilepidotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gilbert's Irish lordHemilepidotus gilberti Jordan & Starks, 1904 | HemilepidotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| butterfly sculpinHemilepidotus papilio (Bean, 1880) | HemilepidotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longfin Irish lordHemilepidotus zapus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | HemilepidotidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Ayres, W. O. (1854). [Description of new fishes from California.]. The Pacific [Newspaper], (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in “The Pacific” (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3KPLH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.