Steller's sculpin

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]

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

References
  1. "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Myoxocephalus stelleri" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  4. Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.


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