Great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) is a saltwater species recorded in the United States. It is found at depths of 0–775 m.
Scientific name: Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus · Water: Saltwater
Size: up to 80 cm
The great sculpin is a demersal cottid of the intertidal zone down to 775 m, on sand and mud bottoms. Its range is the North Pacific, from Hokkaido in Japan and Kamchatka in Russia through the Aleutian Islands to the Bering Sea coast of Alaska and Puget Sound in Washington. It feeds on small fishes and is often caught near shore. Maximum length is about 80 cm total length, and it can live 17 years, maturing at about 56 cm. It is a commercial species and a gamefish, with a very high price category. Fishing vulnerability is high to very high at 68 of 100 and resilience low.
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