WoRMS taxon details

Myoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811

126152  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126152)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Perciformes (Order)
  11. Cottoidei (Suborder)
  12. Cottidae (Family)
  13. Myoxocephalus (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Onchocottus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Oncocottus Gill, 1861 · unaccepted (synonym)
Onocottus · unaccepted (misspelling)
Triglopsis Girard, 1851 · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Species Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814)
  2. Species Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867)
  3. Species Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)
  4. Species Myoxocephalus matsubarai Watanabe, 1958
  5. Species Myoxocephalus niger (Bean, 1881)
  6. Species Myoxocephalus ochotensis Schmidt, 1929
  7. Species Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)
  8. Species Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  9. Species Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  10. Species Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
  11. Species Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  12. Species Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
  13. Species Myoxocephalus tuberculatus Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1922
  14. Species Myoxocephalus yesoensis Snyder, 1911
  15. Species Myoxocephalus aenaeas (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814) (misspelling)
  16. Species Myoxocephalus axillaris (Gill, 1859) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780)
  17. Species Myoxocephalus brandti (Steindachner, 1867) accepted as Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867)
  18. Species Myoxocephalus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786) accepted as Taurulus bubalis (Euphrasen, 1786)
  19. Species Myoxocephalus ensiger (Jordan & Starks, 1904) accepted as Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  20. Species Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958 accepted as Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811 (synonym)
  21. Species Myoxocephalus mednius Bean, 1898 accepted as Porocottus mednius (Bean, 1898)
  22. Species Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosis (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) (misspelling)
  23. Species Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) accepted as Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) (misspelling)
  24. Species Myoxocephalus parvulus Gilbert & Burke, 1912 accepted as Microcottus sellaris (Gilbert, 1896)
  25. Species Myoxocephalus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814) accepted as Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814)
  26. Species Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904 accepted as Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811 (synonym)
  27. Species Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
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.
page(s): 273 [details] OpenAccess publication
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126152 on 2025-05-27
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van der Land, Jacob
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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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.
page(s): 273 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Triglopsis Girard, 1851) Girard, C. F. (1851). A new genus of American cottoids. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> v. 4 (1851-1854): 18-19. [details] 

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, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source 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] 

 
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LanguageName 
English stellate sculpin  [details]
French chabot étiolé  [details]
Japanese ギスカジカ属  [details]
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Myoxocephalus
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Myoxocephalus