Steller's sculpin
Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Myoxocephalus stelleri
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Open encyclopedia reference
Steller's sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri), also known as frog sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northern Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. Described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1811, it is the type species of the genus Myoxocephalus.
Wikipedia contributors, Steller's sculpin; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:49:23.503721+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Myoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
- Name authority
- Tilesius, 1811
- Common name
- Steller's sculpin
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Perciformes
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Myoxocephalus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderPerciformes
- suborderCottoidei
- familyCottidae Bonaparte, 1831
- genusMyoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811
- speciesMyoxocephalus stelleri Tilesius, 1811
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Myoxocephalus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| plain sculpinMyoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myoxocephalus matsubarai Watanabe, 1958 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| great sculpinMyoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Short spined sea scorpionMyoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuberculated sculpinMyoxocephalus tuberculatus Soldatov & Pavlenko, 1922 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Snowy sculpinMyoxocephalus brandtii (Steindachner, 1867) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| warthead sculpinMyoxocephalus niger (Bean, 1881) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Okhotsk warty sculpinMyoxocephalus ochotensis Schmidt, 1929 | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| longhorn sculpinMyoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| fourhorn sculpinMyoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Arctic sculpinMyoxocephalus scorpioides (Fabricius, 1780) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Myoxocephalus sinensis (Sauvage, 1873) | CottidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Myoxocephalus raninus Jordan & Starks, 1904 Jordan & Starks, 1904 | synonym |
| Cottus marmoratus Valenciennes, 1832 Valenciennes, 1832 | synonym |
| Myoxocephalus incitus Watanabe, 1958 Watanabe, 1958 | synonym |
| Cottus decastrensis Kner, 1865 Kner, 1865 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Tilesius, W.G. von. (1811). Piscium Camtschaticorum descriptiones et icones. Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersb., 3: 225–285, Pls. 8–13. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:456LY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.