MythscribeMundus
THE NATURAL & IMAGINED WORLDAn illustrated compendium
NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD

Shaggy sea raven

Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)

Source-backed taxonomic record

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

Hemitripterus villosus, 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 in the northwestern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Russia and Japan.

Wikipedia contributors, Hemitripterus villosus; 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
Hemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)
Name authority
(Pallas, 1814)
Common name
Shaggy sea raven
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Hemitripteridae
Genus
Hemitripterus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderPerciformes
  11. suborderCottoidei
  12. familyHemitripteridae Gill, 1865
  13. genusHemitripterus Cuvier, 1829
  14. speciesHemitripterus villosus (Pallas, 1814)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Hemitripterus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
sea ravenHemitripterus americanus (Gmelin, 1789)HemitripteridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
bigmouth sculpinHemitripterus bolini (Myers, 1934)HemitripteridaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 4 records assigned to Hemitripteridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Hemitripterus cavifrons Lockington, 1880 Lockington, 1880synonym
Hemitripterus sinensis Sauvage, 1873 Sauvage, 1873synonym
Cottus villosus Pallas, 1814 Pallas, 1814synonym

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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=276257 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:3KTQ9. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.