What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Shorthorn sculpin been recorded?

Myoxocephalus scorpius occurrence evidence comes from 56,004 records in 17 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from Canada.

Shorthorn sculpin
Shorthorn sculpin — Photo (display-sized rendition): Cephas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ScorpaeniformesCottidaeMyoxocephalus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

56,004 records across 17 countries and territories, 1872–2026.

Myoxocephalus scorpius · GBIF taxon key 2333785

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-20. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

2 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18722026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Shorthorn sculpin has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Shorthorn sculpin. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Canada 37,828
Sweden 15,888
United States 1,120
Netherlands 926
Belgium 92
Germany 73
Russia 31
Denmark 8
United Kingdom 8
Norway 8
ZZ 6
Greenland 5
Svalbard and Jan Mayen 5
France 3
Japan 1
Namibia 1
Poland 1

Related animals

Others in the family Cottidae.

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268 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.