Biology:Steller's sculpin

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Short description: Species of fish

Steller's sculpin
Myoxocephalus stelleri.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species:
M. stelleri
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus stelleri
Tilesius, 1811[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Jordan & Starks, 1904 Valenciennes, 1832
  • Watanabe, 1958 Cottus decastrensis
  • Cottus marmoratus Kner, 1865
  • Myoxocephalus raninus Myoxocephalus incitus

Steller's sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri), also known as frog sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.[3] This species is found in the northern Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.[2] Described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1811, it is the type species of the genus Myoxocephalus.[4]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2908179 entry