Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Psychrolutidae
- Genus
- Myoxocephalus
- Species
- Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
- Scientific Name
- Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, the great sculpin, s a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the North Pacific Ocean from the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands, and extends from Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Puget Sound, Washington. It is the largest member of the genus Myoxocephalus and the second most common in the Bering Sea. It can grow to a size of 80 cm and 9 kg weight.
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus is a predatory fish. It has acellular bones.
...Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus in languages:
- Czech
- vranka mnohotrnná
- English
- great sculpin
- Japanese
- トゲカジカ
- Russian
- многоиглый керчак
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Myoxocephalus aenaeus
- Myoxocephalus brandtii
- Myoxocephalus jaok
- Myoxocephalus niger
- Myoxocephalus ochotensis
- Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
- Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus
- Myoxocephalus quadricornis
- Myoxocephalus scorpioides
- Myoxocephalus scorpius
- Myoxocephalus sinensis
- Myoxocephalus stelleri
- Myoxocephalus thompsonii
- Myoxocephalus tuberculatus



























































































































































