Scaled sculpin
Scaled sculpins are a group of small benthic fishes living in cold waters. They are mainly found in the North Pacific, with some species in the North Atlantic. They are characterized by a large, laterally compressed head and small spines. The lateral line is present and the dorsal fin base are dotted with scutes.
In FishBase and Nelson the genus is included in the family Cottidae of sculpins but in some classifications it is raised to its own family, Icelidae Berg, 1940.Species
The 17 recognized species in this genus are:
- Icelus armatus
- Icelus bicornis
- Icelus canaliculatus C. H. Gilbert, 1896
- Icelus cataphractus
- Icelus ecornis Tsutsui & Yabe, 1996
- Icelus euryops Bean, 1890
- Icelus gilberti Taranetz, 1936
- Icelus mandibularis Yabe, 1983
- Icelus ochotensis P. J. Schmidt, 1927
- Icelus perminovi Taranetz, 1936
- Icelus rastrinoides Taranetz, 1936
- Icelus sekii Tsuruoka, Munehara & Yabe, 2006
- Icelus spatula C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
- Icelus spiniger C. H. Gilbert, 1896
- Icelus stenosomus Andriashev, 1937
- Icelus toyamensis
- Icelus uncinalis C. H. Gilbert & Burke, 1912
