Steller's sculpin
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| Steller's sculpin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Myoxocephalus |
| Species: | M. stelleri
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| Myoxocephalus stelleri | |
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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
[edit]- ^ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myoxocephalus stelleri". FishBase. August 2022 version.
- ^ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ^ Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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