Mosshead Sculpin

Clinocottus globiceps

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae

Clinocottus globiceps, the mosshead sculpin or globe-headed sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This sculpin is found in the northeastern Pacific. Taxonomy Clinocottus globiceps was first formally described as Oligocottus globiceps in 1858 by the French ichthyologist Charles Frédéric Girard with its type locality given as Southern Farallones Island, off San Francisco in California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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Mosshead Sculpin

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