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Arctic Sculpin

Myoxocephalus scorpioides

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 52, February 39, March 61, April 95, May 137, June 150, July 160, August 138, September 101, October 76, November 41, December 32.
Canada1,109
United States1,082
Alaska1,082
Nunavut542
Quebec176
Northwest Territories172
Manitoba80
Ontario48
Newfoundland and Labrador45
Yukon32

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyFathead Sculpins · Psychrolutidae
GenusShorthorn Sculpins · Myoxocephalus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Arctic Sculpin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.