threadfin sculpin
Icelinus filamentosus Gilbert, 1890
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 threadfin sculpin (Icelinus filamentosus) is a fish, mostly found in the Pacific waters of North America. A large, deep-water sculpin of the family Cottidae, it occurs in the North Pacific Ocean, from Chirikof Island in the western Gulf of Alaska to Point Loma and Cortez Bank, southern California, USA. Found at depths below 122 ft (37 m), and as deep as 2,624 ft (800 m), little is known about this reclusive species.
Wikipedia contributors, Threadfin sculpin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:49:55.550186+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Icelinus filamentosus Gilbert, 1890
- Name authority
- Gilbert, 1890
- Common name
- threadfin sculpin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Icelinus
- 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
- familyCottidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusIcelinus Jordan, 1885
- speciesIcelinus filamentosus Gilbert, 1890
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Icelinus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| northern sculpinIcelinus borealis Gilbert, 1896 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| frogmouth sculpinIcelinus oculatus Gilbert, 1890 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Icelinus pietschi Yabe, Soma & Amaoka, 2001 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| yellowchin sculpinIcelinus quadriseriatus (Lockington, 1880) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| pit-head sculpinIcelinus cavifrons Gilbert, 1890 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| dusky sculpinIcelinus burchami Evermann & Goldsborough, 1907 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fringed sculpinIcelinus fimbriatus Gilbert, 1890 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Icelinus japonicus Yabe, Tsumura & Katayama, 1980 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spotfin sculpinIcelinus tenuis Gilbert, 1890 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tarandichthys filamentosus (Gilbert, 1890) (Gilbert, 1890) | synonym |
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.
- Gilbert, C. H. (1890). A preliminary report on the fishes collected by the steamer Albatross on the Pacific coast of North America during the year 1889, with descriptions of twelve new genera and ninety-two new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, v. 13 (no. 797): 49–126. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.13-797.49 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:3P8PB. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.