Cottidae

warthead sculpin

Myoxocephalus niger

Fish Reaching Twenty Seven Centimeters in the Niger Basin

• Black
• Temperate
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Myoxocephalus niger, the warthead sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This demersal fish is found in the northern Pacific Ocean, with a range extending from the Peter the Great Gulf and the Kamchatka Peninsula into the Bering Sea. It is found at depths from 0 to 50 m (0 to 164 ft).