Megalocottus

Megalocottus is a genus of sculpins native to the western Pacific Ocean.

Megalocottus
Megalocottus platycephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Megalocottus
T. N. Gill, 1861
Species

See text.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Megalocottus platycephalus T .N. Gill, 1861 (Belligerent sculpin)
  • Megalocottus taeniopterus Kner, 1868 (Southern flathead sculpin)
gollark: Also "The five boxing wizards jump quickly".
gollark: "Jived fox nymph grabs quick waltz" and "Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow" are two good not-quite-perfect pangrams.
gollark: There are many.
gollark: It's exotically spelled, so yes.
gollark: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangram

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Megalocottus in FishBase. April 2017 version.


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