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Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127208

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Cottidae (Family) > Triglopsis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Triglopsis Girard, 1851 accepted as Myoxocephalus Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811
Synonymised
taxa
  Onchocottus hexacornis (Richardson, 1823)
Onchocottus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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: Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]

additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch gehoornde zeedonderpad  [details]
English fourhorn sculpin  [details]
English four-horned sculpin  [details]
Finnish härkäsimppu  [details]
Lithuanian ragys  [details]
Polish kur rogacz  [details]
Russian четырехрогий бычок  [details]
Swedish hornsimpa  [details]
Welsh sgorpion môr pedwar-corn  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Triglopsis quadricornis quadricorniis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Beaufort Sea [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Polish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Swedish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Dyntaxa
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on small crustaceans and fishes, also worms [details]

Distribution: North Atlantic and Arctic: normally above 60° N but reaching 45°N in Nova Scotia. Relict populations in deep and cold freshwater lakes of North America and northern Europe [details]

Habitat: Occurs in cold brackish and moderately saline water near the coast; enters coastal rivers and may occur as far as 120 miles inland. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Reproduction: Spawning takes place in shallow waters, male digs a groove in the gravel where pairing and egg laying occur [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127208
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 14:26:18Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=127208 on 2013-05-20
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