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Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814) 
AphiaID: 159519

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		  Cottus aenaeus Mitchill, 1814
 Myoxocephalus aenaeas (Mitchill, 1814) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Scott, W.B., and S.N. Messieh. 1976. Common Canadian Atlantic fishes. Huntsman Marine Laboratory. St. Andrews, N.B. 106 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]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English grubby  [details]
English little sculpin  [details]
French chaboisseau bronzé  [details]
French chaboisseau nain  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Gulf of Maine [details]
Gulf of St. Lawrence [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
To ITIS
Notes  Diet: Feeds on shrimps, crabs, copepods, snails, sea squirts, sea urchins and fishes [details]

Distribution: Strait of Belle Isle and Gulf of St. Lawrence to New Jersey [details]

Habitat: Found in estuaries to depths of 130 m, over sand, mud or gravel bottoms. [details]

Habitat: benthic [details]

Predators: Atlantic cod [details]
Images 
Myoxocephalus aenaeus - chaboisseau nain
Myoxocephalus aenaeus - chaboisseau nain
added on 2011-06-03 - author: Nozères, Claude
qualitystatus: not checked

Myoxocephalus aenaeus - collection
Myoxocephalus aenaeus - collection
added on 2011-06-03 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Claude Nozères ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159519
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-05-30 09:27:08Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814). 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=159519 on 2013-06-20
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