Sigmistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Sigmistes was first proposed as a monospecific genus in 1898 by the American ichthyologist Cloudsley Louis Rutter[1] when he described Sigmistes caulias from rock pools at Karluk on Kodiak Island in Alaska.[2] The 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies the genus Sigmistes within the subfamily Cottinae of the family Cottidae,[3] however, other authors classify the genus within the subfamily Psychrolutinae of the family Psychrolutidae.[1]
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[4]
Sigmistes is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. These fishes are found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
