Myoxocephalus jaok

Myoxocephalus jaok
Juvenile Myoxocephalus jaok
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species: M. jaok
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus jaok
(G. Cuvier, 1829)[1]
Synonyms

Cottus jaok Cuvier, 1820
Cottus humilis Bean, 1881

Myoxocephalus jaok or the plain sculpin is a species of marine fish in the family Cottidae.[2] It is native to the northern Pacific, with a range extending through the Bering and Chukchi seas and from the Gulf of Alaska to the northern Sea of Japan.[3]

References

  1. "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)". GBIF.org. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  2. Huettmann, Falk (17 December 2007). "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)". WoRMS.
  3. Froese, Rainer. "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829) Plain sculpin". FishBase. Retrieved May 2, 2014.


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