Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sculpins Longhorn Sculpin Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Scorpaeniformes Family: Cottidae Genera Alcichthys Andriashevicottus Antipodocottus Archaulus Argyrocottus Artedielloides Artediellus Artedius Ascelichthys Asemichthys Astrocottus Bero Bolinia Chitonotus Clinocottus Cottiusculus Cottus Daruma Enophrys Furcina Gymnocanthus Hemilepidotus Icelinus Icelus Jordania Leiocottus Leptocottus Megalocottus Mesocottus Micrenophrys Microcottus Myoxocephalus Ocynectes Oligocottus Orthonopias Paricelinus Phallocottus Phasmatocottus Porocottus Pseudoblennius Radulinopsis Radulinus Ricuzenius Ruscarius Scorpaenichthys Sigmistes Stelgistrum Stlegicottus Stlengis Synchirus Taurocottus Taurulus Thyriscus Trachidermus Triglops Triglopsis Vellitor Zesticelus Sculpins are a family (Cottidae) of fish, belonging to the order Scorpaeniformes. There are about 300 species, mostly marine ones that are found in shallow coastal waters in the northern and arctic regions. Freshwater representatives of this family are few in number and include the Spoonhead Sculpin (Cottus ricei) of North America, the Alpine Bullhead (Cottus poecilopus) and the Bullhead (Cottus gobio). Reference Sculpin picture from the Northeast Fishery Science Center (NMFS, NOAA, US) historical photo lineart collection. (http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/) Used with permission. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.