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plain sculpin

Myoxocephalus jaok

Classification

Family
Cottidae

Myoxocephalus jaok, the plain sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northern Pacific Ocean and adjacent Arctic Ocean. Taxonomy Myoxocephalus jaok was first formally described as Cottus jaok in 1820 by the French zoologist Georges Cuvier with its type locality given as the coast of Kamchatka.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 100United States of America · 9