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Hemilepidotus papilio (Butterfly sculpin)

Synonyms: Melletes papilio
Language: Japanese; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Melletes papilio, commonly known as the butterfly sculpin, is a species of fish in the family Cottidae, the largest family of fishes referred to as sculpins. It is the only recognized species in the monotypic genus Melletes.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Bathyraja parmifera (Flathead skate)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplocotyle olrikii[2]
Neophasis oculata[2]
Nybelinia surmenicola[2]

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.
♦ 2Gibson, 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