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Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) 
AphiaID: 254528

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 polyacanthocephalus Pallas, 1814
Myoxocephalus ensiger (Jordan & Starks, 1904)
Sources  basis of record: ArcOD species list provided by Falk Huettmann on 2007-11-25 (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]

from synonym: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English great sculpin  [details]
French grand chaboisseau  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution British Columbia [details]
Canadian Exclusive Economic Zone [Pacific part] [details]
Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia [details]
FAO fishing area 67 [details]
North East Pacific [details]
North Pacific [details]
Host of  Chondracanthus irregularis Fraser, 1920 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus parviventris Wilson C.B., 1905 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Naobranchia occidentalis Wilson C.B., 1915 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (36 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254528
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2007-12-17 11:39:20Z  created  Huettmann, Falk
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus. 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=254528 on 2013-05-23
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