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Malacocottus zonurus

Bean, 1890

Darkfin Sculpin

GNRUnranked Found in 5 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1363558
Element CodeAFC4E36040
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassActinopterygii
OrderPerciformes
FamilyPsychrolutidae
GenusMalacocottus
Other Common Names
chabot à queue barrée (FR)
Concept Reference
Stevenson, D.E. 2015. The validity of nominal species of Malacocottus (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) known from the eastern North Pacific with a key to the species. Copeia 103(1): 22-33.
Taxonomic Comments
This is the broad concept of Malacocottus zonurus that includes M. aleuticus. The latter was described from a single juvenile specimen and was synonymized in Stevenson (2015).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
United StatesNNR
CanadaN5
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSNRYes
Roadless Areas (5)
Alaska (5)
AreaForestAcres
Dall IslandTongass National Forest105,780
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
Hoonah SoundTongass National Forest79,764
KartaTongass National Forest52,117
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
References (2)
  1. Page, L. M., K. E. Bemis, T. E. Dowling, H.S. Espinosa-Pérez, L.T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, K. E. Hartel, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, M. A. Neigbors, J. J. Schmitter-Soto, and H. J. Walker, Jr. 2023. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Eighth edition. American Fisheries Society (AFS), Special Publication 37, Bethesda, Maryland, 439 pp.
  2. Stevenson, D.E. 2015. The validity of nominal species of <i>Malacocottus</i> (Teleostei: Cottiformes: Psychrolutidae) known from the eastern North Pacific with a key to the species. Copeia 103(1): 22-33.