WoRMS taxon details
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
127203 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127203)
accepted
Species
Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829 · unaccepted
Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829) · unaccepted
Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881) · unaccepted
Myxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (misspelling)
- Subspecies Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subspecies Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 265 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 265 [details] Available for editors
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Distribution Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, James Bay to New York
Distribution Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, James Bay to New York [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127203 on 2025-04-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 265 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881) Bean, T. H. (1881). Descriptions of new fishes from Alaska and Siberia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 210): 144-159. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 265 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1829). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome quatrième. Livre quatrième. <em>Des acanthoptérygiens à joue cuirassée.</em> 4: i-xxvi + 2 pp. + 1-518, Pls. 72-99, 97 bis.
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881) Bean, T. H. (1881). Descriptions of new fishes from Alaska and Siberia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> v. 4 (no. 210): 144-159. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
context source (BeRMS 2020) Fish trawl survey: ICES North Sea International Bottom Trawl Survey for commercial fish species. ICES Database of trawl surveys (DATRAS). The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. 2010., available online at http://ecosystemdata.ices.dk [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on fishes, large crustaceans, polychaetes and amphipods [details]Distribution Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay, James Bay to New York [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found on rocky, sandy and muddy bottoms to depths of 110 m. [details]
Importance Scientific- Biological research [details]
Predators Bony fishes, sharks and rays [details]
Reproduction Internal fertilization, winter spawning, male guards eggs until they hatch [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | almindelig ulk | [details] |
| Dutch | zeedonderpadgewone zeedonderpad | [details] |
| English | warty sculpin [from synonym]short-spined sea scorpionshorthorn sculpinShort spined sea scorpionsea scorpionsculpinfather lasherbull rout | [details] |
| French | scorpion de merdiable de merchabot communchaboisseau à épines courteschaboisseau | [details] |
| German | Seeskorpiongemeiner Seeskorpion | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | vanlig ulke | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | vanleg ulke | [details] |
| Polish | kur diabeł | [details] |
| Russian | рогатка севернаяподкаменщик морскойЕвропейский керчакБородавчатый керчак [from synonym] | [details] |
| Swedish | rötsimpa | [details] |
| Welsh | llyffant môr | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (110 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (519 publications) (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus scorpius)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus verrucosus) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Myxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Myoxocephalus scorpius, Denmark, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To GenBank (86116 nucleotides; 272 proteins) (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (86116 nucleotides; 272 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus greoenlandicus P09606 illustration) (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus verrucosus P09585 illustration) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To PESI
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (110 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (44 publications) (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Myxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (519 publications) (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus scorpius)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Myoxocephalus verrucosus) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius groenlandicus (Cuvier, 1829))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To FishBase (from synonym Myxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Acanthocottus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase images (Myoxocephalus scorpius, Denmark, by Østergaard, T.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 10 proteins) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To GenBank (86116 nucleotides; 272 proteins) (from synonym Cottus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (86116 nucleotides; 272 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Bean, 1881))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus greoenlandicus P09606 illustration) (from synonym Cottus groenlandicus Cuvier, 1829)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Myoxocephalus verrucosus P09585 illustration) (from synonym Cottus verrucosus Bean, 1881)
To PESI
To ITIS
