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woolly sculpin

Clinocottus analis

Classification

Family
Cottidae

The woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis) is a species of ray-finned marine fish belonging to the family Cottidae, or the typical sculpins. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, where it occurs along the coastline of California south to Baja California. Taxonomy Clinocottus analis was first, formally, described as Oligocottus analis in 1858 by the French ichthyologist Charles Frédéric Girard, its type locality being given as Monterey, California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 6,010Mexico · 44