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Steller's sculpin

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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]

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

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  1. ^ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myoxocephalus stelleri". 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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