Cottidae
Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758
Cottus gobio Linnaeus, 1758, the European bullhead, is a small European freshwater sculpin often split into multiple distinct species.
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
Cottus bairdii Girard, 1850
Cottus bairdii, the mottled sculpin, is a widely distributed North American freshwater sculpin that relies on clean, unpolluted clear water.
Cottus asper Richardson, 1836
Cottus asper Richardson, 1836
Cottus asper, the prickly sculpin, is a small North American cold-water fish used as food and bait.
Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896
Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896
Cottus aleuticus, the Coastrange sculpin, is a small fish native to the Pacific coast of North America with distinct identifying traits.
Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891
Cottus beldingii Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1891
Paiute sculpin (Cottus beldingii) is a small freshwater fish native to cold streams of the Western United States.
Cottus caeruleomentum Kinziger, Raesly & Neely, 2000
Cottus caeruleomentum Kinziger, Raesly & Neely, 2000
Cottus caeruleomentum, the Blue Ridge sculpin, is a small Cottidae fish native to Atlantic-draining rivers of the eastern US.
Cottus carolinae (Gill, 1861)
Cottus carolinae (Gill, 1861)
Cottus carolinae, the banded sculpin, is a freshwater benthic fish native to the United States that faces habitat threats but is not endangered.
Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836
Cottus cognatus (slimy sculpin) is a small scaleless freshwater fish native to northern North America and eastern Siberia.
Cottus girardi Robins, 1961
Cottus girardi Robins, 1961
Cottus girardi, the Potomac sculpin, is a small freshwater fish found in mid-Atlantic U.S. drainages with sex-specific habitat preferences.
Cottus perifretum Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
Cottus perifretum Freyhof, Kottelat & Nolte, 2005
Cottus perifretum is a freshwater sculpin fish native to western Europe and invasive in parts of the region.
Cottus rhotheus (Smith, 1882)
Cottus rhotheus (Smith, 1882)
Cottus rhotheus, the torrent sculpin, is a small cold-adapted bottom-dwelling fish found in the Pacific Northwest of North America.
Cottus immaculatus Kinziger & Wood, 2010
Cottus immaculatus Kinziger & Wood, 2010
Cottus immaculatus, the knobfin sculpin, is a small US cottidae fish found in the Ozark Highlands with an introduced Connecticut population.
Leptocottus armatus Girard, 1854
Leptocottus armatus Girard, 1854
Leptocottus armatus, the Pacific staghorn sculpin, is a slender fish found along North America’s Pacific west coast in nearshore and estuarine habitats.
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811)
Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus (Tilesius, 1811)
The red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) is a small bottom-dwelling North Pacific sculpin that can change its body color.
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus (Mitchill, 1814)
Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus, the longhorn sculpin, is a northwest Atlantic demersal sculpin with distinct morphological traits and benthic feeding ecology.
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myoxocephalus scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myoxocephalus scorpius, the shorthorn sculpin, is a demersal fish found in Northern Atlantic and adjacent Arctic and subarctic seas.
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus (Pallas, 1814)
The great sculpin Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus is a large predatory marine sculpin found in the North Pacific.
Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814)
Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill, 1814)
Myoxocephalus aenaeus is a small sculpin native to the northwest Atlantic Ocean with a winter-to-spring spawning season.
Oligocottus maculosus Girard, 1856
Oligocottus maculosus Girard, 1856
Oligocottus maculosus, the tidepool sculpin, is a small intertidal Pacific fish with strong homing ability and color-changing camouflage.
Oligocottus rimensis (Greeley, 1899)
Oligocottus rimensis (Greeley, 1899)
Oligocottus rimensis (saddleback sculpin) is a small intertidal fish found along North America's Pacific west coast.
Oligocottus snyderi Greeley, 1898
Oligocottus snyderi Greeley, 1898
Oligocottus snyderi, the fluffy sculpin, is a small tidepool fish native to the western coast of North America.
Oligocottus rubellio (Greeley, 1899)
Oligocottus rubellio (Greeley, 1899)
Oligocottus rubellio, the rosy sculpin, is a small Pacific sculpin found in rocky intertidal to subtidal habitats.
Artedius fenestralis Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Artedius fenestralis Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
Artedius fenestralis, the padded sculpin, is a marine cottid fish native to the eastern Pacific, known for male egg-guarding behavior.
Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896)
Artedius harringtoni (Starks, 1896)
Artedius harringtoni is a sexually dimorphic sculpin native to the northeastern Pacific with distinct orange identifying markings.
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