Southern flathead sculpin
The southern flathead sculpin (Megalocottus taeniopterus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species occurs in the northern Pacific Ocean.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Cottidae |
| Genus: | Megalocottus |
| Species: | M. taeniopterus |
| Binomial name | |
| Megalocottus taeniopterus (Kner, 1868) | |
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Taxonomy
The southern flathead sculpin was first formally described as Cottus taeniopterus by the Austrian ichthyologist Rudolf Kner with its type locality given as Decastris Bay near the mouth of the Amur River in Russia.[2] Some authorities consider that this species as a subspecies or junior synonym of M. platycephalus.[3] FishBase still recognises two species within the genus Megalocottus.[4]
Distribution
The Southern flathead sculpin is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean in Amur Liman, Peter the Great Gulf and around southern Sakhalin. [1]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Megalocottus taeniopterus" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Megalocottus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- Mecklenburg, C.W.; T.A. Mecklenburg; B.A. Sheiko; and D. Steinke (2016). Pacific Arctic Marine Fishes. Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, Akureyri, Iceland. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-9935-431-55-4.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). Species of Megalocottus in FishBase. August 2022 version.
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