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Family Cottidae
Sculpins
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Sculpins are benthic carnivores that are especially numerous and
diverse in temperate and cold waters. Many are cryptic and
difficult to positively identify without a specimen in hand.
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NORTHEAST PACIFIC
 
Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Madrona Point, Vancouver Island, Canada
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Spring Bay Victoria, Canada, 20 feet |
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PAINTED SCULPIN
| Uncommon in rocky areas at scuba depths from California to
Alaska. About 3 inches. |
Jordania zonope
Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada, 20 feet
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Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada, 20 feet |
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 10 feet
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Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 10 feet |
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 10 feet
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LONGFIN SCULPIN
| Common on rocky reefs. Attains 6 inches. Alaska to Central
California. |
Oligocottus maculosus
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 20 feet
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SPOTTED SCULPIN
| Common in shallow water and deeper waters. About 4 inches. |
Artedius spp.
Ogden Point, Victoria, Canada, 10 feet
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Spring Bay, Victoria, Canada, 20 feet |
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SCULPIN
| Common on rocky reefs. Difficult to identify in the field
without a specimen in hand. About 5 inches. |
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