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Bony fish

Short-spined Sea Scorpion

Myoxocephalus scorpius

Also known as: Arctic Sculpin, Bull Rout, Bullhead, Daddy Sculpin, European Sculpin, Father Lasher, Goat Sculpin, Greenland Bullhead, Greenland Sculpin, Guffy, Horny Whore, Pigfish, Scolping, Scully, Scummy, Scumpy, Sea Scorpion, Shortfin Scorpius, Shorthorn Sculpin, Short-spined Bullhead, Warty Sculpin

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2024
Adult
@matt24680 · Isle Of Lewis, United Kingdom · October 20091 / 2
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Overview

Found singly, resting on bottoms, and blending in with their surroundings, over mud, rock, sand, and seaweed bottoms, of coral and rocky reefs.
Widespread Eastern Atlantic, Western Atlantic, Arctic Ocean

Sculpins are small bottom dwelling fish, usually found in both shallow intertidal zones, of coasts and estuaries, and much deeper waters of the oceans, where they are often caught in trawl nets.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
blotches
Body shape
spines

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Eastern Atlantic, Arctic
  • Country only · 2
LIVES IN

Found singly, resting on bottoms, and blending in with their surroundings, over mud, rock, sand, and seaweed bottoms, of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 2

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderPerciformes
    5. familyCottidae
    6. genusMyoxocephalus
    7. speciesMyoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Sculpins (Cottidae)