Biology:Myoxocephalus brandtii

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Myoxocephalus brandtii
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species:
M. brandtii
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus brandtii
Synonyms[2]
  • Snyder, 1911 Steindachner, 1867
  • Myoxocephalus brandti Cottus brandtii
  • (Steindachner, 1867) Myoxocephalus yesoensis

Myoxocephalus brandtii, the snowy sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northwest Pacific, with a range extending from the Sea of Okhotsk to Hokkaido and the Sea of Japan.

Myoxocephalus brandtii was first formally described in 1867 as Cottus brandtii by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner with its type locality given as the mouth of the Amur in Russia.[3]

It inhabits relatively shallow coastal waters (less than 60 metres (200 ft)), and can grow to a length of 40 centimetres (16 in).[2]

Lepeophtheirus elegans is a species of sea lice reported on M. brandtii.[4]

References

  1. "Myoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867)". https://www.gbif.org/species/2333793. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2022). "Myoxocephalus brandtii" in FishBase. August 2022 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Myoxocephalus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Myoxocephalus. 
  4. Venmathi Maran, Balu Alagar; Moon, Seong Yong; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Oh, Sung-Yong; Soh, Ho Young; Myoung, Jung-Goo; Iglikowska, Anna; Boxshall, Geoffrey Allan (2013). "The caligid life cycle: new evidence from Lepeophtheirus elegans reconciles the cycles of Caligus and Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae)". Parasite 20: 15. doi:10.1051/parasite/2013015.  open access

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2190412 entry