Tidepool sculpin

Tidepool sculpin
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae
Genus: Oligocottus
Species: O. maculosus
Binomial name
Oligocottus maculosus
Girard, 1856

The tidepool sculpin (Oligocottus maculosus), is a fish species in the sculpin family Cottidae that ranges from the Sea of Okhotsk (Russia) to Los Angeles County, California (United States). Individuals reach up to 8.9 cm (3.5 in) in length, and are common in tidepools.[1][2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Herald, Earl S. (1999). A Field Guide to Pacific Coast Fishes: North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 177–178. ISBN 0-618-00212-X.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Oligocottus maculosus" in FishBase. March 2016 version.


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