Fourhorn sculpin

Fourhorn sculpin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Myoxocephalus
Species:
M. quadricornis
Binomial name
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
Synonyms[2]
  • Cottus quadricornis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Oncocottus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Triglops quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Triglopsis quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Triglopsis quadricornis quadricorniis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cottus hexacornis Richardson, 1823
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis hexacornis (Richardson, 1823)
  • Oncocottus hexacornis (Richardson, 1823)
  • Cottus quadricornis relicta Lilljeborg, 1891
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis relicta (Lilljeborg, 1891)
  • Cottus latifrons Gratzianov, 1904
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis lonnbergi Berg, 1916
  • Cottus quadricornis lonnbergi Lönnberg, 1919
  • Myoxocephalus quadricornis onegensis Berg & Popov, 1932
  • Cottus quadricornis vaenernensis Lönnberg, 1932
  • Cottus quadricornis frykenensis Lönnberg, 1932
  • Cottus quadricornis oernensis Lönnberg, 1932
  • Cottus quadricornis asundensis Lönnberg, 1932
  • Cottus quadricornis kallavesensis Lönnberg, 1933
  • Cottus quadricornis pygmaeus Lönnberg, 1933
  • Cottus quadricornis borkensis Lönnberg, 1939
  • Cottus quadricornis vermelnensis Nybelin [sv]

The fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species has a Holarctic distribution and can be found in marine, brackish and fresh waters.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2018) [amended version of 2013 assessment]. "Myoxocephalus quadricornis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14214A134235538. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14214A134235538.en. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Myoxocephalus quadricornis". FishBase. August 2022 version.