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Arctic Sculpin

Myoxocephalus scorpioides

Classification

Family
Cottidae

Myoxocephalus scorpioides, the Arctic sculpin or northern sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This fish is found in the Arctic Ocean. Taxonomy Myoxocephalus scorpioides was first formally described in 1780 as Cottus scoprpioides by the Danish missionary and naturalist Otto Fabricius with its type locality given as Western Greenland.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 149