North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)

AphiaID

159520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159520)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Myoxocephalus Tilesius, 1811

Original name

Cottus octodecemspinosus Mitchill, 1814

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. D. Carlisle, New York. 1-28.
page(s): 7 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159520 on 2026-10-09

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=159520 on 2026-10-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-30 09:27:08Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description (of ) Mitchill, S. L. (1814). Report, in part, of Samuel L. Mitchill, M. D., Professor of Natural History, &c, on the fishes of New-York. D. Carlisle, New York. 1-28.
page(s): 7 [details]

basis of record Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. No. 219. 731 pp. [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]