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Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Fourhorn sculpin
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Myoxocephalus quadricornis   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Image of Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Fourhorn sculpin)
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
Picture by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.


Estonia country information

Common names: Four-horned sculpin, Merihärg
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: scarce (very unlikely) | Ref: Ojaveer, E. and E. Pihu, 2003
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Rare in the Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Finland (Ref. 52079). Also Ref. 4645.
National Checklist: Estonian checklist - Fish
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/en.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Anonymous, 1999
National Database: Estonian Vertebrates

Common names from other countries

التصنيف / Names الأسماء الشائعة | مرادفات | Catalog of Fishes(جنس, الانواع) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335);  quadricornis: From Lönnberg..
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Some authors use the genus Triglopsis for this species. See the list of references in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Sep. 2011: Ref. 88002). More studies are needed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range البيئة

بحري; المياه العذبة; مياه مخلوطة القاع; نطاق العمق 0 - 100 m (Ref. 58496).   Polar; 83°N - 41°N, 180°W - 180°E

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