plain sculpin

Myoxocephalus jaok

Seventy Four Centimeters Cottid Fish of Japanese Waters

Temperate
Northern Hemisphere
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Fusiform
Large
Temperate fish

Myoxocephalus jaok, the plain 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 Ocean and adjacent Arctic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Maximum length: 74 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: North Pacific: Chukchi Sea to Bearing Sea, eastern Aleutian Is., and Gulf of Alaska to Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet; SE Alaska at Limestone Inlet; to Okhotsk and Japan seas as far as northern North Korea.

Report a correction