Myoxocephalus stelleri

Steller's sculpin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species: M. stelleri
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus stelleri
Tilesius, 1811[1]

Myoxocephalus stelleri, also known as Steller's sculpin or the frog sculpin, is a species of sculpin in the fish family Cottidae.[2] The species is native to the northern Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.[3] Described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1811, it is the type species of the genus Myoxocephalus.[4]

References

  1. "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  3. Torres, Armi G. "Myoxocephalus stelleri, Steller's sculpin". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.


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