Southern flathead sculpin

Southern flathead sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Megalocottus
Species:
M. taeniopterus
Binomial name
Megalocottus taeniopterus
(Kner, 1868)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cottus taeniopterus Kner, 1868
  • Megalocottus platycephalus taeniopterus (Kner, 1868)
  • Myoxocephalus platycephalus taeniopterus (Kner, 1868)

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.

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

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Megalocottus taeniopterus". FishBase. August 2022 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Megalocottus". FishBase. August 2022 version.


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