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Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus Great Sculpin

Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus is commonly referred to as Great Sculpin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Great Sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2010


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lexID:
13927 
AphiaID:
254528 
Scientific:
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus 
German:
Große Groppe 
English:
Great Sculpin 
Category:
Sculpins 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cottidae (Family) > Myoxocephalus (Genus) > polyacanthocephalus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Pallas, ), 1814 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Aleutian Islands, Bering Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Japan, Kamtschatka, North Pacific (Ocean), Siberian sea, USA 
Sea depth:
- 244 Meter 
Size:
up to 31.5" (80 cm) 
Weight:
9 kg 
Temperature:
~ 0,8°C 
Food:
Carnivore, Fish (little fishes), Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for home aquaria! 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Myoxocephalus aenaeus
  • Myoxocephalus brandtii
  • Myoxocephalus jaok
  • Myoxocephalus matsubarai
  • Myoxocephalus niger
  • Myoxocephalus ochotensis
  • Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
  • Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
    Große Groppe
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis
  • Myoxocephalus scorpioides
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-06-06 20:59:48 

Info

Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)

The characertistics of the group, a large head with preopercular (cheek) spines, a relatively small tapering body and a pair of large fan-like pectoral fins producting from just behind the head.

Similar to the frog sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri) and to the plain sculpin (Myoxocephalus jaok).

Synonymised names:
Cottus polyacanthocephalus Pallas, 1814
Myoxocephalus ensiger (Jordan & Starks, 1904)

External links

  1. Biodiversity of The Central Coast (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2021.
  2. fishbase.se (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 06.06.2021.

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Foto: Howe Sound, British Columbia, Kanada
Great Sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2010

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