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What (who) is Sculpin - definition

SUPERFAMILY OF FISHES
Sculpins; Cottoidea; Cottoid

sculpin         
['sk?lp?n]
¦ noun a chiefly marine fish with a broad flattened head and spiny scales and fins. [Many species, chiefly in the family Cottidae.]
Origin
C17: perh. from obs. scorpene, via L. from Gk skorpaina, denoting a kind of fish.
Sculpin         
·noun The dragonet, or yellow sculpin, of Europe (Callionymus lura).
II. Sculpin ·noun A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus);
- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa.
III. Sculpin ·noun Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus Cottus, or Acanthocottus, having a large head armed with sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally mottled with yellow, brown, and black. Several species are found on the Atlantic coasts of Europe and America.
Sculpin         
A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes.Kane, E.

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Sculpin

A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes. As of 2006, this superfamily contains 7 families, 94 genera, and 387 species.

Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools.

Sculpins are benthic fish, dwelling on the bottoms of water bodies. Their pectoral fins are smooth on the upper edge and webbed with sharp rays along the lower edge, a modification that makes them specialized for gripping the substrate. This adaptation helps the fish anchor in fast-flowing water. The sculpin normally grows to about four inches long.