Myoxocephalus verrucosus, also known as the warty sculpin, is a Northern Pacific and East Arctic sculpin, a marine fish in the family Psychrolutidae.
Myoxocephalus verrucosus is very closely related to the North Atlantic Myoxocephalus scorpius and has been regarded to be synonymous with it by some ichthyologists and major databases.Mecklenburg, C. W., P. R. Møller and D. Steinke- 2011. Biodiversity of Arctic marine fishes: taxonomy and zoogeography. Marine Biodiversity 41: 109-140Synonyms of Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758) FishBase 2026 2026. Others have argued it is a separate, morphologically and genetically identifiable species.Radchenko, O. A., I. N. Moreva, E. A. Poezzhalova-Chegodaeva and A. V. Petrovskaya. 2023. Identification, differentiation, and relationships of the warty sculpin Myoxocephalus verrucosus (Cottidae) from the Arctic, East Siberian Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science 67: 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103182verrucosus (search species) Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences.
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