WoRMS taxon details
Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811
AphiaID: 126152
AphiaID: 126152
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cottidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Cottidae | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Acanthocottus Boreocottus Onchocottus Gill, 1861 (synonym) Triglopsis Girard, 1851 (synonym) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source: Tilesius, W.G. von (1811). Piscium Camtschaticorum descriptiones et icones. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb. v. 3, pp 225-285, Pls. 8-13. page(s): 273 [details] basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subgenus Myoxocephalus (Taurulus) Gratzianov, 1907 Species Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867) Species Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958 Species Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829) Species Myoxocephalus matsubarai Watanabe, 1958 Species Myoxocephalus niger (Bean, 1881) Species Myoxocephalus ochotensis Schmidt, 1929 Species Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780) Species Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811 Species Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Girard, 1851) Species Myoxocephalus tuberculatus Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1922 Species Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881) Species Myoxocephalus yesoensis Snyder, 1911 Species Myoxocephalus aenaeas (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus axillaris (Gill, 1859) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780) Species Myoxocephalus brandti (Steindachner, 1867) accepted as Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867) Species Myoxocephalus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786) accepted as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786) Species Myoxocephalus ensiger (Jordan & Starks, 1904) accepted as Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus mednius Bean, 1898 accepted as Porocottus mednius (Bean, 1898) Species Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosis (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) Species Myoxocephalus parvulus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 accepted as Microcottus sellaris (Gilbert, 1896) Species Myoxocephalus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Megalocottus platycephalus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814) | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Distribution | British Columbia [details] Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details] FAO fishing area 67 [details] North East Pacific [details] North Pacific [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Oceanobdella microstoma (Johansson, 1896) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126152 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126152 on 2013-06-18 | |||||||||||
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