Sculpin
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A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Perciformes. As of 2025, this superfamily contains 5 families, 112 genera, and 405 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.
Families and subfamilies
Families include:
- Family Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (horsehead sculpins)
- Family Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831 (sculpins)
- Family Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861 (marine sculpins)
- Family Jordaniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (longfin sculpins)
- Family Agonidae Swainson, 1839 (poachers) Subfamily Agoninae Swainson, 1839 (sturgeon poachers) Subfamily Anoplagoninae Gill, 1861 (alligator fishes) Subfamily Bathyagoninae Lindberg, 1971 (starsnouts) Subfamily Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (uppermouth poachers) Subfamily Hypsagoninae Gill, 1861 (dragon poachers) Subfamily Bothragoninae Lindberg, 1971 (rockheads) Subfamily Hemitripterinae Gill, 1865 (sailfin sculpins)