Fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status
- Summary of Status Report
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements
- Literature Cited
- Biographical Summary of the Report Writer
- Authorities Consulted
- Collections Examined
Data Deficient 2003
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2003. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis (freshwater form) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 24 pp.
Previous reports
Houston, J.J.P. 1989. COSEWIC status report on the fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis (Arctic Islands Fresh Water Form) in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 84 pp.
Production note
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge Lee Sheppard for writing the update status report on the fourhorn sculpin Myoxocephalus quadricornis (freshwater form) in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Richard Haedrich, COSEWIC Marine Fishes Species Specialist Co-chair.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819-953-3215
Fax: 819-994-3684
COSEWIC E-mail
COSEWIC Website
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Cover illustration
Fourhorn sculpin (freshwater form) -- drawing courtesy of Donald McPhail, University of British Columbia.
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