Myoxocephalus
| Myoxocephalus | |
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| Myoxocephalus scorpius | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Subfamily: | Cottinae |
| Genus: | Myoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811 |
| Type species | |
| Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
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Myoxocephalus is a genus of fish in the sculpin family Cottidae.[1] Most species live in marine waters, but there are also three freshwater species,[2] including two that occupy northern lakes (Myoxocephalus quadricornis and M. thompsonii). The name is derived from Greek myos (muscle) and kephale (head).[3]
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814) (Grubby)
- Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867)
- Myoxocephalus jaok (G. Cuvier, 1829) (Plain sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus matsubarai (Watanabe, 1958) ( ? = M. jaok)[6]
- Myoxocephalus niger (T. H. Bean, 1881) (Warthead sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus ochotensis (P. J. Schmidt, 1929)
- Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1815) (Longhorn sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) (Great sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Fourhorn sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus scorpioides (O. Fabricius, 1780) (Arctic sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Shorthorn sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus sinensis (Sauvage, 1873)
- Myoxocephalus stelleri (Tilesius, 1811) (Steller's sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Girard, 1851) (Deepwater sculpin)
- Myoxocephalus tuberculatus (Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1922)
- Myoxocephalus verrucosus (T. H. Bean, 1881) (Warty sculpin)
Sources
- ^ J.-C. Hureau. "Genus Myoxocephalus". Marine Species Identification Portal.
- ^ Hyndman, Kelly Anne; Evans, David H. (2008). "Why are there no freshwater, longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus)? Effects of low environmental salinity on gill ion transporter expression". The FASEB Journal. Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Torres, Armi G. "Myoxocephalus stelleri, Steller's sculpin". FishBase. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Myoxocephalus in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ van der Land, Jacob (December 21, 2004). "Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ^ Eschmeyer, W.N. (2015) matsubarai, Myoxocephalus Catalog of Fishes (March 2015)
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