Cottunculus microps Polar sculpin

Cottunculus microps is commonly referred to as Polar sculpin. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

7180 

AphiaID:

127235 

Scientific:

Cottunculus microps 

German:

Polarquappengroppe 

English:

Polar Sculpin 

Category:

Sculpins 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Psychrolutidae (Family) > Cottunculus (Genus) > microps (Species) 

Initial determination:

Collett, 1875 

Occurrence:

Russland, the North Sea, Barents Sea, Canada Eastern Pacific, Greenland, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean, Scandinavia, Spitsbergen /Svalbard, the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, USA 

Sea depth:

165 - 1342 Meter 

Size:

5.51" - 11.81" (14cm - 30cm) 

Temperature:

32.54 °F - 45.86 °F (0.3°C - 7.7°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Invertebrates, Krill, Mysis, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Predatory, Snails, Worms 

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:

• Cottunculus granulosus
• Cottunculus konstantinovi
• 
  Cottunculus microps
  Polarquappengroppe
• Cottunculus nudus
• Cottunculus sadko
• Cottunculus spinosus
• Cottunculus thomsonii
• Cottunculus tubulosus

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-05-26 19:20:40 

Last edit:

2020-05-21 18:48:23 

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