Rough sculpin
Encyclopedia
The rough sculpin is a species of fish
in the Cottidae
family. It is endemic to the United States
.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Cottidae
Cottidae
The Cottidae is a family of demersal fish in the order Scorpaeniformes, suborder Cottoidei . There are about 300 species in 70 genera of Cottidae that are mostly marine and found in shallow coastal waters in the northern and arctic regions...
family. It is endemic to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Source
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Cottus asperrimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.