sponge sculpin
Thyriscus anoplus Gilbert & Burke, 1912
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.
Thyriscus anoplus
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Open encyclopedia reference
The sponge sculpin (Thyriscus anoplus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is the only species in the monospecific genus Thyriscus. This fish is found in the northern Pacific Ocean where it is found at depths from 100 to 800 m (330 to 2,620 ft) though usually in the range of 300 to 400 m (980 to 1,310 ft). This species grows to a maximum published total length of 14.5 cm (5.7 in).
The sponge sculpin was first formally described in 1912 by the American ichthyologists Charles Henry Gilbert and Charles Victor Burke with its type locality given as off Attu Island in the Bering Sea. Gilbert and Burke classified this species in the monospecific genus Thyriscus. The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies this genus in the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae but other authorities classify it in the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.
Wikipedia contributors, Sponge sculpin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T04:19:32.302647+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Thyriscus anoplus Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- Name authority
- Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- Common name
- sponge sculpin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Thyriscus
- 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
- genusThyriscus Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- speciesThyriscus anoplus Gilbert & Burke, 1912
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
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., & Burke, C. V. (1912). Fishes from Bering Sea and Kamchatka. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, v. 30 (Doc. 754) (for 1910): 31–96. 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.
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:56SS7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.