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Brown Irish lord

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Brown Irish lord
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Agonidae
Genus: Hemilepidotus
Species:
H. spinosus
Binomial name
Hemilepidotus spinosus
Ayres, 1854

The brown Irish lord (Hemilepidotus spinosus) is a species of fish native to the northeastern Pacific Ocean.[1]

American naturalist William Orville Ayres described the brown Irish lord in 1854.

Up to 29 cm long, the brown Irish lord is a mainly brown fish with red-tinged underparts.[2]

The brown Irish lord is native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from the southern coastline of Alaska south to Santa Barbara Island in California.[1] It lives near the sea bottom, at depths of up to 780 m.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemilepidotus spinosus". FishBase. December 2017 version.
  2. ^ "Brown Irish Lord". Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.