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Longhorn Sculpin

Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Brunswick.January 10,740, February 9,803, March 12,945, April 24,356, May 49,651, June 42,917, July 53,034, August 51,732, September 36,037, October 25,005, November 12,215, December 11,938.
Canada609,151
New Brunswick340,373
Quebec221,718
United States116,459
Maine113,688
Nova Scotia44,710
Massachusetts1,664
Newfoundland and Labrador1,660
Prince Edward Island627
New York566

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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

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