Myoxocephalus jaok, Plain sculpin

Myoxocephalus jaok (Cuvier, 1829)

Plain sculpin
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Perciformes/Cottoidei (Sculpins) > Cottidae (Sculpins)
Etymology: Myoxocephalus: Greek, myos = muscle, and also, mouse + Greek, kephale = head (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 0 - 680 m (Ref. 50550), usually ? - 80 m (Ref. 43939). Temperate

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North Pacific: Chukchi Sea to Bearing Sea, eastern Aleutian Is., and Gulf of Alaska to Kachemak Bay, Cook Inlet; SE Alaska at Limestone Inlet; to Okhotsk and Japan seas as far as northern North Korea.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 47.0, range 43 - 51 cm
Max length : 74.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 56527); max. published weight: 8.0 kg (Ref. 56527)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 15. Head depressed, with bony spines and ridges dorsally (Ref. 559). Rounded bony plates bearing serrated margin present on dorsolateral surface of body (Ref. 559).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in shallow waters (Ref. 2850), on sand and mud bottoms from intertidal zone to depths often not greater than 80 m; seldom caught deeper than 150 m (Ref. 43939).

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Mecklenburg, C.W., T.A. Mecklenburg and L.K. Thorsteinson, 2002. Fishes of Alaska. American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, Maryland. xxxvii +1037 p. (Ref. 43939)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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