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Cottidae
fourhorn sculpin
Myoxocephalus quadricornis
Fish Reaching Sixty Centimeters in North American Waters
- Polar
- Estuary
- Circumpolar Arctic
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Atlantic Ocean
- East Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Polar regions
- Fusiform
- Large
- Cold-water fish
Polar
Regional distribution
Atlantic Ocean
Fusiform
Largefourhorn sculpin is a migratory fish from Atlantic and Arctic. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Perches and Allies
- Family
- Cottidae
- Genus
- Myoxocephalus
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Atlantic and Arctic: Baltic coast of Sweden, Finland, Russia and southwestern to eastern Poland; western coast of Sweden to northern coast of Norway, eastward to White and Barents Sea basins. In Siberia eastward to about Anadyr estuary. Landlocked populations in Sweden, central Finland and Karelia (Ref. 59043 ). Arctic drainages of North America (Ref. 5723 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
