Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Scorpaeniformes > Family Cottidae > Genus Myoxocephalus

Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Myoxocephalus*	Tilesius (ex Steller), 1811	accepted genus name
*Triglopsis*	Girard, 1851	synonym

Species group names

*Triglopsis quadricornis*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

French: chaboisseau à quatre cornes sources: Nozères C., Archambault D., Chouinard P.-M., Gauthier J., Miller R., Parent E., Schwab P., Savard L., and Dutil J.-D. 2010. Identification guide for marine fishes of the estuary and northern Gulf of St. Lawrence and sampling protocols used during trawl surveys between 2004 and 2008. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2866: xi + 243 p

Norwegian: hornulke sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Nynorsk (Norwegian): hornulke

Literature

basis of record	ArcOD species list provided by Falk Huettmann on 2007-11-25
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (26 barcodes)
FishBase
Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
GenBank (19 nucleotides; 25 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:254529