Overview
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Family : Sculpins ; Commonly found in harbors and shallow coastal waters . Move to deeper water in winter. Adults attach their eggs near the base of a sponge to use as a spawning bed [1][2].
Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Amerikansk ulk
Common Names in English:
18-spined sculpin, bullhead, Cabezon, Goat sculpin, Gray sculpin, Guffy, Long-spined sculpin, longhorn sculpin, Muddler, Pig-fish, Plug eye, Rubbish, Scolping, Scopin, Scopy, Scully, Sculpin, Scummy, Scumpy, sea raven
Common Names in French:
Chaboisseau , Chaboisseau à dix-huit épines, chaboisseau à dix-huit épines
Common Names in Haida:
Hl´aama, Hl'aama
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
多刺床杜父魚, 多刺床杜父鱼
Common Names in Tsimshian:
K´ayeet, K'ayeet
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
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- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
()
- Family:
found in harbors and shallow coastal waters.
Mo
()
- Genus:
Myoxocephalus
()
- Tilesius, 1811
- Specific name:
octodecemspinosus
- Scientific name: - the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Service
- Specific name:
octodecemspinosus
- Genus:
Myoxocephalus
(
- Family:
found in harbors and shallow coastal waters.
Mo
(
- Order:
Scorpaeniformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Cottus octodecemspinosus • Cottus octodecemspinosus Mitchill • Cottus octodecemspinosus Mitchill, 1814 • Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosis • Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosis (Mitchill • Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosis (Mitchill, 1814) • Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 30-Aug-1994
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Myoxocephalus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 19 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. aenaeus (Grubber Broadhead) · M. axillaris (Warthead Sculpin) · M. jaok (Plain Sculpin) · M. labradoricus (Black-Barred Squirrel Fish) · M. niger (Warthead Sculpin) · M. octodecemspinosus (Long-Spined Sculpin) · M. polyacanthocephalus (Great Sculpin) · M. polyocanthocephalus (South Australian Cobbler) · M. quadricornis (Fourhorn Sculpin) · M. quadricornis quadricornis (Fourhorn Sculpin) · M. quadricornis thompsonii (Deepwater Sculpin) · M. scarpius (Strap-Weed File-Fish) · M. scorpioides (Arctic Sculpin) · M. scorpius (Daddy Sculpin) · M. stelleri (Frog Headed Cat Fish) · M. thompsoni (Deepwater Sculpin) · M. thompsonii (Deepwater Sculpin) · M. thompsoni thompsoni (Deepwater Sculpin) · M. verrucosus (Warty Sculpin)
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Further Reading
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- A checklist of Canadian Atlantic fishes with keys for identification / Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum, 1965 url p. 16, p. 80.
- A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Report presented at the eighty-ninth annual meeting, Clearwater, Fla., Sept. 16-18, 1959. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1960. url p. 40.
- An annotated catalogue of the fishes of Maine. Portland, Me., 1914. url p. 147.
- An ecological characterization of Coastal Maine (north and east of Cape Elizabeth) / Stewart I. Fefer and Patricia S. Schettig: principal investigators. Newton Corner, Mass.: Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region, 1980. url , .
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 213, p. 26.
- Davids Island phase I: a short-term ecological survey of western Long Island Sound / by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Middle Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Center, Ecosystems Investigations, Sandy Hook Laboratory. Highlands, N.J.: The Laboratory, [1972] url p. 13.
- Dean bibliography of fishes. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1971-1973. url p. 224, p. 291, p. 294, p. 321, p. 323, p. 499, p. 517, p. 618, p. 79.
- Distribution and abundance of fishes and invertebrates in North Atlantic estuaries. Silver Spring, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, 1994- url p. 113, p. 157, p. 4, p. 51.
- Ecological monitoring of a constructed intertidal flat at Jonesport, Me. / submitted to Regulatory Branch, New England District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; prepared by Gary L. Ray; submitted by U.S. Engineer Research and Development Center, Waterways Experiment Station, Concord, MA: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District, [1999] url p. 1.
- Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url , , , , , , , , p. 114, p. 174, p. 381, p. 385, p. 424, p. 503, p. 509, p. 781, p. 786, p. 787, p. 827, p. 828, p. 829, p. 831, p. 835, p. 836, p. 837, p. 890, p. 919.
- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine, by Henry B. Bigelow and William C. Schroeder. Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1953. url , p. 2.
- Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. By Henry B. Bigelow. .. and William W. Welsh. .. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1925. url p. 5.
- Monitoring the marine environment of Long Island Sound at Millstone Nuclear Power Station, Waterford, Connecticut: summary of studies prior to Unit 3 operation / [prepared by the Environmental Laboratory staff of Northeast Utilities Service Company]. [Waterford, Conn.]: Northeast Utilities, [1987] url p. 77.
- NOAA technical report NMFS SSRF. Seattle, Wash.: National Marine Fisheries Service; url p. 24, p. 8.
- National overview and evolution of NOAA's Estuarine Living Marine Resources (ELMR) Program / David M. Nelson and Mark E. Monaco. Silver Spring. Md.: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, 2000. url p. 17.
- New Haven Harbor ecological studies summary report, 1970-1977 / prepared for the United Illuminating Company, New Haven, Connecticut by Normandeau Associates, inc., Bedford, New Hampshire; edited by Andrew J. McCusker, Weldon S. Bosworth. Bedford, N.H.: Normandeau, 1979. url p. 13.
- Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 13.
- Syllogeus. Ottawa, National Museum of Natural Sciences, 1972-1995. url p. 22.
- The Argo Merchant oil spill: a preliminary scientific report / edited by Peter L. Grose and James S. Mattson. Boulder, Colo.: for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1977. url p. 112.
- The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 188, p. 239, p. 374.
- The Canadian field-naturalist. Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url p. 275, p. 276, p. 277, p. 432, p. 494, p. 733.
Notes
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Contributors
- American Fisheries Society. Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United states, Canada, and Mexico Sixth Edition. Special Publication 29.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
- Heemstra, Phillip C. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 02, 2008:
- Burke Museum: University of Washington Fish Collection
- Canadian Museum of Nature: Canadian Museum of Nature Fish Collection
- Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates: Fish Collection
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: A Biological Survey of the Waters of Woods Hole and Vacinity
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Atlantic Reference Centre (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Bay of Fundy Species List (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Canadian Museum of Nature - Fish Collection (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: DFO Maritimes Research Vessel Trawl Surveys Fish Observations (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: ECNASAP - East Coast North America Strategic Assessment (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Electronic Atlas of Ichthyoplankton on the Scotian Shelf of North America (OBIS Canada)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Gulf of Maine Bottom Trawl Survey Data (NEFSC,NMFS,NOAA)(USOBIS)
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History - Marine Birds, Mammals, and Fishes (OBIS Canada)
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
- Royal Ontario Museum: Fish specimens
- Senckenberg: Collection Pisces
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132470
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-24807
- Fishbase Species ID: 4120
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13747918
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 167320
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: AFC4E04060
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 117239
Footnotes
- Munehara, H. (1992). Utilization of polychaete tubes as spawning substrate by the sea raven Hemitripterus villosus (Scorpaeniformes). Environ. Biol. Fish. 33(4):395-398. [back]
- Warfel, H.E. and D. Merriman (1994). The spawning habits, eggs, and larvae of the sea raven, Hemitripterus americanus in southern New England. Copeia 1944:197-205. [back]
