mailed sculpin
Triglops murrayi Günther, 1888
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
- Triglops murrayi Günther, 1888
- Name authority
- Günther, 1888
- Common name
- mailed sculpin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Triglops
- 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
- genusTriglops Reinhardt, 1830
- speciesTriglops murrayi Günther, 1888
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Triglops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Alaskan sculpinTriglops metopias Gilbert & Burke, 1912 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ribbed sculpinTriglops pingelii Reinhardt, 1837 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spectacled sculpinTriglops scepticus Gilbert, 1896 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scalybreasted sculpinTriglops xenostethus Gilbert, 1896 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Triglops dorothy Pietsch & Orr, 2006 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| scissortail sculpinTriglops forficatus (Gilbert, 1896) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Jordan's sculpinTriglops jordani (Jordan & Starks, 1904) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roughspine sculpinTriglops macellus (Bean, 1884) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bigeye sculpinTriglops nybelini Jensen, 1944 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Triglops ommatistius Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops terrae-novae Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops murrayi ommatistius Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops murrayi terraenovae Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops ommatistius terrae-novae Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops pingelii islandicus Jensen, 1944 Jensen, 1944 | synonym |
| Triglops pingelii pietschmanni Jensen, 1944 Jensen, 1944 | synonym |
| Triglops pingelii var. subborealis Le Danois, 1914 Le Danois, 1914 | synonym |
| Triglops ommatistius ommatistius Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops ommatistius terraenovae Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | synonym |
| Triglops pingelii murrayi Günther, 1888 Günther, 1888 | synonym |
| Triglops pingelii terraenovae Gilbert, 1913 Gilbert, 1913 | 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.
- Günther, A. (1888). Report on the fishes obtained by Mr. J. Murray in deep water on the north-west coast of Scotland, between April 1887 and March 1888. Proc. R. Soc. Edinb., 15: 205–220. Pls. 3–4. 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:58QNH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.