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.
Etymology 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Steller (1709-1746), a German physician-naturalist who worked in Russia and explored the Kamchatka Peninsula; using his unpublished manuscript provided material for the description.
References
External links Frog Sculpin (Myoxocephalus stelleri ) at the Encyclopedia of Life