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Cottunculus thomsonii (Günther, 1882) 
AphiaID: 127237

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Scorpaeniformes (Order) > Psychrolutidae (Family) > Cottunculus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Cottunculus Collett, 1875
Synonymised
taxa
  Cottunculus thompsoni (Günther, 1882) (misspelling)
Cottunculus torvus Goode & Bean, 1883
Cottus thomsonii Günther, 1882
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: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [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]

from synonym: BIOCEAN, available online at http://www.ifremer.fr/biocean/ [details] [view taxon]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English pallid sculpin  [details]
French cotte blême  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Lernaeocera branchialis (Linnaeus, 1767) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Chondracanthus cottunculi Rathbun, 1886 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Bobkabata kabatabobbus Hogans & Benz, 1990 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on small benthic invertebrates  [details]

Distribution: Western North Atlantic from Davis Strait, generally off of Nova Scotia, Georges Bank, southward to Rhode Island [details]

Habitat: Found at depths of 181- 1462 m off the North American coast. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127237
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
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cottunculus thomsonii (Günther, 1882). 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=127237 on 2013-05-22
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