#2095 · 🐟 fish
Shorthorn Sculpin
🇳🇱 Zeedonderpad ·Myoxocephalus scorpius
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what is it?
Myoxocephalus scorpius , known variously as the shorthorn sculpin , short-spined sea scorpion , bull-head , bull-rout and the father-lasher , is a demersal fish of the Northern Atlantic and adjacent subarctic coasts, and of the Arctic including the coasts of Alaska and Siberia. 8 in) in length and specimens from the Arctic and subarctic, which grow to the largest size, can reach up to 60 cm (24 in). The fish has a squat appearance, a large spiny head...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 52 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #24 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,311 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Shorthorn Sculpin
- Nederlands
- Zeedonderpad
- scientific name
- Myoxocephalus scorpius
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Psychrolutidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 52
- sightings in Europe
- 385
- sightings worldwide
- 1,311
- GBIF records in NL
- 24,206
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Psychrolutidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 47639, Wikidata Q1481591, GBIF 2333785, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.