WoRMS taxon details
Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
AphiaID: 127202
AphiaID: 127202
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cottidae (Family) > Myoxocephalus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Boreocottus axillaris Gill, 1859 Cottus axillaris (Gill, 1859) Cottus scorpioides Fabricius, 1780 Cottus scorpoides Fabricius, 1780 Myoxocephalus axillaris (Gill, 1859) | ||||||||||
| 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: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Hudson Bay [details] Hudson Strait [details] North West Atlantic [details] Ungava Bay [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Haemobaphes cyclopterina (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on small benthic amphipods [details] Distribution: Arctic Ocean: to James Bay and Straits of Belle Isle in Canada and Greenland [details] Habitat: Found on rocky bottoms among algae. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127202 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780). 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=127202 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||
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