Steller's sculpin

Steller's sculpin
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Cottoidei
Family:	Psychrolutidae
Genus:	Myoxocephalus
Species:	M. stelleri
Binomial name
	Myoxocephalus stelleri; Tilesius, 1811
Synonyms
	Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832 ; Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865 ; Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904 ; Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958 ;

Steller's sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri), also known as frog sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northern Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. Described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1811, it is the type species of the genus Myoxocephalus.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), a German physician-naturalist who worked in Russia and explored the Kamchatka Peninsula; using his unpublished manuscript provided material for the description.

References

↑ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myoxocephalus stelleri". FishBase. August 2022 version.
↑ "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2025.

External links

Frog Sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri ) at the Encyclopedia of Life

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[1] "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". GBIF.org. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[Fishbase-2] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myoxocephalus stelleri". FishBase. August 2022 version.

[3] "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". ITIS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[4] Appeltans, Ward (19 April 2005). "Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811". WoRMS. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

[ETYFish-5] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order PERCIFORMES: Suborder COTTOIDEI: Infraorder COTTALES: Family COTTIDAE (Sculpins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 26 May 2025.