Animalia > Chordata > Scorpaeniformes > Hemitripteridae > Hemitripterus > Hemitripterus americanus

Hemitripterus americanus (Wip; Whippy; Whip sculpin; Web sculpin; Sea raven; Sculpin; Scratch-belly; Puff-belly; Muddler; Gurnet; Cabezon; Bullhead; Atlantic sea raven)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Hemitripterus americanus, commonly known as the sea raven, is a species of fish belonging to the family Hemitripteridae.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Forillon National Park II 61010 Quebec, Canada  
Kouchibouguac National Park II 59161 New Brunswick, Canada
Saguenay - St. Lawrence Marine Park National Marine Conservation Area II 310822 Canada

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Morone saxatilis (Striper bass)1

Predators

Leucoraja erinacea (common skate)[1]
Leucoraja ocellata (Winter skate)[1]
Lophius americanus (Monkfish)[1]
Mustelus canis (Dogfish)[1]
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Sea raven)[1]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food of Northwest Atlantic Fishes and Two Common Species of Squid, Ray E. Bowman, Charles E. Stillwell, William L. Michaels, and Marvin D. Grosslein, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE-155 (2000)
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0