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Icelus ochotensis Schmidt, 1927

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Icelus ochotensis Schmidt, 1927
Name authority
Schmidt, 1927
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Perciformes
Family
Cottidae
Genus
Icelus
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. familyCottidae Bonaparte, 1831
  13. genusIcelus Krøyer, 1845
  14. speciesIcelus ochotensis Schmidt, 1927

Close classified relatives

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

SpeciesClassificationSource status
two-horn sculpinIcelus bicornis (Reinhardt, 1840)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
blacknose sculpinIcelus canaliculatus Gilbert, 1896CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Icelus ecornis Tsutsui & Yabe, 1996CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
wide-eye sculpinIcelus euryops Bean, 1890CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Scaly-belly sculpinIcelus perminovi Taranetz, 1936CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Icelus sekii Tsuruoka, Munehara & Yabe, 2006CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
spatulate sculpinIcelus spatula Gilbert & Burke, 1912CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Icelus toyamensis (Matsubara & Iwai, 1951)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
thorny sculpinIcelus spiniger Gilbert, 1896CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Icelus mororanis (Jordan & Seale, 1906)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Armed sculpinIcelus armatus (Schmidt, 1916)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Thory sculpinIcelus cataphractus (Pavlenko, 1910)CottidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 186 records assigned to Cottidae.

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. Schmidt, P. Yu. (1927). A revision of the genus Icelus Kröyer (Pisces: Cottidae) with the description of a new species from the Okhotsk Sea. Ezegodnik Zoologiceskogo Muzeja = Annuaire Du Musée Zoologique / Akademija Nauk Sojuza Sovetskich Socialisticeskich Respublik., v. 28: 1–8. 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:3P8Q8. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.