Great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus)

General data
- Main name: Great sculpin
- Climates: Temperate, Subpolar
- Habitat: Amfidromous
- Native: Asia, North America
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska
Classification
- Genus: Myoxocephalus - Musclehead sculpins
- Family: Cottidae - Cottids
- Order: Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, the great sculpin, is a North Pacific species of sculpin in the family Cottidae. Its range encompasses the Bering Sea and the Aleutian Islands, and extends from Hokkaido and the Kamchatka Peninsula to the Puget Sound, Washington. It is the largest member of the genus Myoxocephalus and the second most common in the Bering Sea. It can grow to a size of 80 cm and 9 kg weight. Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus is a predatory fish. It has acellular bones.