Fourhorn sculpin

The Fourhorn sculpin lives in the demersal, freshwater, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 100 m environment.

The fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) is a species of fish in the Cottidae family. It is found in Canada, Finland, Greenland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and the United States. References - * Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. More

Common names: Deepwater sculpin, fourhorn sculpin, scorpion fish, sculpin, lake sculpin, deep-water blob, and Great Lake fourhorn sculpin. Other Sculpins: Spoonhead Sculpin, (Cottus ricei) is widely found throughout Canada. More

The fourhorn sculpin is easily identified by the four large, bony protuberances on the top of its head. Otherwise, it has a body plan similar to that of most sculpins More

freshwater sculpin, is just a variety of the fourhorn sculpin found in the Arctic Ocean. The fourhorn sculpin, characterized by the four distinct "horns" on the upper portion of its head, lives in shallow cold water of the Arctic. More

Fourhorn Sculpin Triglopsis quadricornis Captive in an aquarium IPTC INFO Keywords aquarium captive marine freshwater polar North Atlantic Artic fishes sculpins vertebrates demersal Image Number JYJ01205 More

lesions in fourhorn sculpin at sites sampled in the National Benthic Surveillance Project (1984-88). FCA = foci of cellular alteration; Prolif = nonneoplastic proliferative lesions; SDN = specific degenerative/necrotic lesions; HydVac = hydropic vacuolation. More

Description: The fourhorn sculpin has a dark, flecked body, large pelvic fins, a big head and large mouth. The sea-dwelling form is distinguished by four rounded rough knobs on the head, which are absent from the landlocked, freshwater form. More

Common names

Alaska fourhorn sculpin in English
Alyaskinskaya rogatka in Russian (русский язык)
chaboisseau à quatre cornes in French (français)
Chaboisseau quadricorne in French (français)
Four-horned sculpin in English
Fourhorn sculpin in English
gehoornde zeedonderpad in Dutch (Nederlands)
Härkäsimppu in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Hornsimpa in Swedish (Svenska)
Hornulk in Danish (dansk)
Hornulke in Norwegian (Norsk)
Kan-ny-yoke in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Kanajuk in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Kanayuk in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Kaneeok in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Kanyok in Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ)
Kur rogacz in Polish (polski)
Myoxocephalus quadricornis in French (français)
‎Myoxocephalus quadricornis in Portuguese (Português)
Rogatka in Russian (русский язык)
Vierhörniger Seeskorpion in German (Deutsch)
четырехрогий бычок in Russian (русский язык)
四角床杜父魚 in Mandarin Chinese
四角床杜父鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
四角紅目杜父魚 in Mandarin Chinese
四角红目杜父鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Scorpaeniformes
Family : Cottidae
Genus : Triglopsis
Species : Triglopsis quadricornis
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758