sculpin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Cottidae • bullhead • sea scorpion

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longhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus)

Take a view of a Fathead sculpin living near hydrothermal vents in the northeastern Pacific Ocean

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sea raven bullrout longhorn sculpin cabezone miller’s-thumb Cottoidei lumpsucker snailfish poacher two-horned sculpin

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