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Sitka, southeastern Alaska (Quast 1968) to Punta Cono (29°06'N, 114°42'W), central Baja California
(SIO 52-201). Tidepools (Bolin 1944, Cross 1961) and shallow rocky areas (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983), typically less than 2 m deep (online museum records) but also subtidal (Miller and Lea 1972),
reported to 6 m (20 ft) or more (Burge and Schultz 1973).
Orthonopias triacis Starks & Mann, 1911. Snubnose Sculpin. To 9.6 cm (4 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Farallon Islands, northern California (Long 1992) to Bahia Tortugas (27°38'N, 114°51'W), central Baja
California (SIO 48-52). Intertidal and to 30 m (100 ft; Miller and Lea 1972).
Paricelinus hopliticus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889. Thornback Sculpin. To 19.4 cm (7.65 in) TL (Miller
and Lea 1972). Hecate Strait near Banks Island, northern British Columbia (Barraclough and Ketchen
1963) to northwest of Cortes Bank, southern California (Miller and Lea 1972). Near shore and to 183 m
(600 ft) (min.: Eschmeyer and Herald 1983; max.: Miller and Lea 1972), typically deeper than 20 m
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Phallocottus obtusus Schultz, 1938. Spineless Sculpin. To 6.9 cm (2.7 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Central Kuril Islands (Fedorov 2000; ZIN 48872); Amchitka and Igitkin islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
Close to shore, collected in beach seine and off a wharf in Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); at depth of
50 m (164 ft) off Kuril Islands (Fedorov 2000; ZIN 48872).
Porocottus mednius (Bean, 1898). Aleutian Fringed Sculpin. To 8.2 cm (3.2 in) TL. Coasts of Kuril Islands
and southeastern Kamchatka to Commander–Aleutian chain and western Bering Sea to Chukchi
Peninsula at Bering Strait, Pribilof Islands, and Gulf of Alaska to Frederick Sound, southeastern Alaska.
Intertidal, including tidepools. All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002). Porocottus bradfordi Rutter, 1898, is
treated as a junior synonym.
*Porocottus quadrifilis Gill, 1859. Gill’s Fringed Sculpin. To about 5.1 cm (2 in) TL. One record; catch locality
uncertain, probably Bering Strait but could be either Russian or Alaskan coast. All in Mecklenburg et al.
(2002; see pages 405, 484 for discussion of taxonomy and locality problems).
Radulinus asprellus Gilbert, 1890. Slim Sculpin. To 15.2 cm (6 in) TL (Clemens and Wilby 1961). Aleutian
Islands off Amchitka Island; southwestern Gulf of Alaska at Semidi Islands (C. W. M., unpubl. data)
to Islas Coronados, northern Baja California (Bolin 1944). Benthic, at depths of 9–283 m (30–930 ft)
(min.: Levings 1973; max.: Clemens and Wilby 1961); reported to 346 m (1,135 ft; Lauth 1999).
Radulinus boleoides Gilbert, 1898. Darter Sculpin. To 12.7 cm (5 in) SL, about 14.9 cm TL (5.9 in; Mecklenburg
et al. 2002). Western Gulf of Alaska east of Kodiak Island (Mecklenburg et al. 2002); Langara Island,
northern British Columbia (Peden 1972) to Santa Catalina Island, southern California (Bolin 1944).
Benthic, at depths of 15–146 m (50–479 ft) (min.: McPhail 1969; max.: Bolin 1944); reported to 182 m
(597 ft; SCCWRP).
Radulinus taylori (Gilbert, 1912). Spinynose Sculpin. To 7.4 cm (3 in) TL (Peden and Wilson 1976). At
junction of Sumner and Clarence straits off Strait Creek (56°12'N, 133°15'W; AB 05-19), Warm Chuck
Inlet (55°46'N, 133°32'W; AB 05-16), and Sombrero Island (55°35'N, 133°12'W; AB 05-13), southeastern
Alaska (B. L. Wing, pers. comm. to C. W. M.) to San Juan Islands, southern Strait of Georgia, Washington
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002 [e.g., UW 20724, Shaw Island, 48°35'N, 122°55'W]). Reported occasionally
from other sites in Gulf of Alaska, but these have turned out to be R. asprellus or not verifiable. Benthic,
at depths of 5–18 m (16–60 ft; Peden and Wilson 1976), reported to 49 m (162 ft) (W. A. Palsson, pers.
comm. to M. L.). Classified by some authors in Asemichthys, as it was originally named, and others in
Radulinus.
Radulinus vinculus Bolin, 1950. Smoothgum Sculpin. To 6.4 cm (2.5 in) TL. Diablo Cove, central California
to between Santa Cruz and Anacapa islands, southern California. At depths of 21–27 m (70–90 ft). All
in Miller and Lea (1972).
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