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Class: Teleostei
Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei
Family: Cottidae Sculpins

Genus: Megalocottus

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Photo by Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish.

North Pacific.
Max. Length 42 cm TL
Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814)

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Megalocottus platycephalus
[Belligerent sculpin]
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Megalocottus taeniopterus
[Southern flathead sculpin]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Megalocottus platycephalus Belligerent sculpin North Pacific. 42 TL 1814
Megalocottus taeniopterus Southern flathead sculpin Asia 1868



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