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Megalocottus platycephalus (Pallas, 1814)
Belligerent sculpin
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Megalocottus platycephalus
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Megalocottus: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.
Etymology: Megalocottus: Greek, megas, megalos = great + Greek, kottos = a fish (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Pallas.
Issue
Needs a taxonomic reference.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 120 m (Ref. 50550). Temperate
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North Pacific.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12531); max. published weight: 1.1 kg (Ref. 12531)
Max length : 42.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12531); max. published weight: 1.1 kg (Ref. 12531)
Strictly marine species (Ref. 82587).
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Main reference
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Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (20):183 p. (Ref. 3814)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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