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rosy sculpin

Oligocottus rubellio

Classification

Family
Cottidae

The rosy sculpin (Oligocottus rubellio) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It inhabits the coastal northeastern Pacific Ocean, ranging from California (US) to Baja California. Taxonomy The rosy sculpin was first formally described in as Eximia rubeliio in 1899 by the A merican physiologist and ichthyologist Arthur White Greeley with its type locality given as Monterey, California.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 313Mexico · 1