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Artedius is a genus of sculpins native to the Pacific Ocean. Identified by Charles Frédéric Girard in 1856, it was named after Peter Artedi, a fellow naturalist.[2]

Artedius
Coralline sculpin (A. corallinus)
Padded sculpin (A. fenestralis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Cottidae
Genus:	Artedius (Girard, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
Allartedius (Hubbs, 1926) Astrolytes (Jordan & Starks, 1895) Axyrias (Starks, 1896) Parartedius (Hubbs, 1926) Parastrolytes (Hubbs, 1926) Pterygiocottus (Bean & Weed, 1920) Ruscariops (Hubbs, 1926)

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[3]

• Artedius corallinus (C. L. Hubbs, 1926) (coralline sculpin)
• Artedius fenestralis (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1883) (padded sculpin)
• Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896) (scalyhead sculpin)
• Artedius lateralis (Girard, 1854) (smoothhead sculpin)
• Artedius notospilotus (Girard, 1856) (bonehead sculpin)

References

• Media related to Artedius at Wikimedia Commons

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