Myoxocephalus jaok

Myoxocephalus jaok
Juvenile Myoxocephalus jaok
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species: M. jaok
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus jaok
(G. Cuvier, 1829)[1]
Synonyms

Cottus jaok Cuvier, 1820
Cottus humilis Bean, 1881

Myoxocephalus jaok or the plain sculpin is a species of marine fish in the family Cottidae.[2] It is native to the northern Pacific, with a range extending through the Bering and Chukchi seas and from the Gulf of Alaska to the northern Sea of Japan.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)". GBIF.org. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  2. ↑ Huettmann, Falk (17 December 2007). "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)". WoRMS.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer. "Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829) Plain sculpin". FishBase. Retrieved May 2, 2014.


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