WoRMS taxon details
Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
154570 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154570)
accepted
Species
Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865 · unaccepted
Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Tilesius, W.G. von. (1811). Piscium Camtschaticorum descriptiones et icones. <em>Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb.</em> 3: 225-285, Pls. 8-13. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154570 on 2025-11-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Tilesius, W.G. von. (1811). Piscium Camtschaticorum descriptiones et icones. <em>Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb.</em> 3: 225-285, Pls. 8-13. [details]
original description (of Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958) Watanabe, M. (1958). Studies of Japanese cottid fishes. <em>Report from the Scientific Project, Department of Education.</em> 1-461, Pls. 1-124. [In Japanese. Published first as above, not in 1956. Revised version published as Watanabe 1960.]. [details]
original description (of Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1904). A review of the Cottidae or sculpins found in the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1358): 231-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13720/USNMP-27_1358_1904.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
original description (of Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
original description (of Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958) Watanabe, M. (1958). Studies of Japanese cottid fishes. <em>Report from the Scientific Project, Department of Education.</em> 1-461, Pls. 1-124. [In Japanese. Published first as above, not in 1956. Revised version published as Watanabe 1960.]. [details]
original description (of Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904) Jordan, D. S.; Starks E. C. (1904). A review of the Cottidae or sculpins found in the waters of Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 27 (no. 1358): 231-335., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/13720/USNMP-27_1358_1904.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y [details]
original description (of Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832) Cuvier, G. ; Valenciennes, A. (1832). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome huitième. Livre neuvième. Des Scombéroïdes. v. 8: i-xix + 5 pp. + 1-509, Pls. 209-245. [Cuvier authored pp. 1-470; Valenciennes 471-509. Date of 1831 on title page. i-xv + 1-375 in Strasbourg edition.]. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Steller's sculpinfrog sculpin | [details] |
| Japanese | ギスカジカ | [details] |
| Russian | стеллерова широколобкаДальневосточный (мраморный) керчак | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus stelleri)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 135 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus raninus RAD112127-001) (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus raninus RAD112128-001) (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus stelleri P09580 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus stelleri P09581 illustration)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus stelleri)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958)
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832)
To GenBank (188 nucleotides; 135 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus raninus RAD112127-001) (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus raninus RAD112128-001) (from synonym Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus stelleri P09580 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus stelleri P09581 illustration)
To ITIS
