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Myoxocephalus thompsonii (Deepwater sculpin)

Synonyms: Myoxocephalus quadricornis thompsonii; Myoxocephalus thompsoni; Triglopsis thompsonii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) is a freshwater sculpin that inhabits the bottoms of cold, deep freshwater lakes of northern North America. Its distribution ranges from the Great Bear Lake of Canada to the Great Lakes. It is a designated at-risk fish species in Canada, protected as a species of Special Concern under Canada's Species at Risk Act.
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Attributes

Adult Length [2]  9 inches (24 cm)
Brood Dispersal [2]  In a nest
Brood Egg Substrate [2]  Lithophils (rock-gravel)
Brood Guarder [2]  Yes
Litter Size [2]  1,187
Maximum Longevity [2]  7 years
Water Biome [1]  Pelagic, Benthic, Lakes and Ponds, Rivers and Streams
Diet [1]  Carnivore
Female Maturity [2]  3 years

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Auyuittuq National Park II 4808115 Nunavut, Canada
Champlain-Adirondack Biosphere Reserve 9859505 New York, Vermont, United States  
Isle Royale Biosphere Reserve Ib 571799 Michigan, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore II 62563 Michigan, United States

Predators

Cottus cognatus (Anadyr sculpin)[3]
Lota lota (Thin-tailed burbot)[3]
Salvelinus namaycush (American lake char)[3]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Cyathocephalus truncatus[4]
Echinorhynchus salmonis[4]
Eubothrium salvelini[4]

Range Map

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0