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Steller's Sculpin
Myoxocephalus stelleri
Steller's sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri), also known as frog sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the northern Pacific, from the Aleutian Islands to the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. Described by Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau in 1811, it is the type species of the genus Myoxocephalus.
From the article Steller's sculpin on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709-1746), a German physician-naturalist who worked in Russia and explored the Kamchatka Peninsula; using his unpublished manuscript provided material for the description.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 612111.