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Deepwater Sculpin

Myoxocephalus thompsonii

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 Ontario.January 339, February 348, March 550, April 1,077, May 2,070, June 970, July 730, August 660, September 694, October 569, November 355, December 317.
United States11,505
Canada8,825
Ontario8,680
Michigan5,677
Wisconsin2,739
Minnesota2,189
New York698
Illinois200
Northwest Territories47
Nunavut39

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