Great sculpin
(Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)
General data
Scientific names:
Great sculpin
Habitat:
Amfidromous
Climates:
Temperate, Subpolar
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, the great sculpin, is a North Pacific species of sculpin in the family Cottidae. Its range encompasses the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands, and extends from Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Puget Sound, Washington. It is the largest member of the genus Myoxocephalus and the second most common in the Bering Sea. It can grow to a size of 80 cm and 9 kg weight.
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus is a predatory fish. It has acellular bones.
