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calico sculpin

Clinocottus embryum

Classification

Family
Cottidae

Clinocottus embryum, the calico sculpin or mossy sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Taxonomy Clinocottus embryum was first formally described as Oligocottus embryum in 1895 by the American ichthyologists David Starr Jordan and Edwin Chapin Starks with its type locality given as "Several miles east of Neah Bay, Washington".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Canada · 117United States of America · 66