Steller's sculpin
| Steller's sculpin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Myoxocephalus |
| Species: | M. stelleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Myoxocephalus stelleri | |
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Cottus stelleri | |
Steller's sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri), also known as 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[]
- ^ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Torres, Armi G. "Myoxocephalus stelleri, Steller's sculpin". FishBase. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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Categories:
- Myoxocephalus
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Fish of Russia
- Fish of Japan
- Taxa named by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau
- Fish described in 1811
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