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Clinocottus globiceps (Girard, 1858). Mosshead Sculpin. To 19.0 cm (7.5 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972).
Chernabura and Kodiak islands, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Gaviota, southern
California (Miller and Lea 1972). Intertidal and shallow subtidal areas (Miller and Lea 1972), common
in tidepools (Bolin 1944).
Clinocottus recalvus (Greeley, 1899). Bald Sculpin. To 13.0 cm (5.12 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Mill Beach
near Brookings, southern Oregon to Punta Rompiente, central Baja California (Miller and Lea 1972).
Intertidal and shallow subtidal areas (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983).
Cottus aleuticus Gilbert, 1896. Coastrange Sculpin. To 17.2 cm (6.8 in) TL (Hubbs 1921). Kobuk River
(drains to Kotzebue Sound, eastern Chukchi Sea) (Morrow 1980); Bristol Bay, Alaska Peninsula, and
Aleutian Islands drainages (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Oso Flaco Creek, Santa Barbara County,
central California (Swift et al. 1993). Fresh and brackish waters (Wydoski and Whitney 1979); migrate
downstream to estuaries and lower reaches of rivers in spring to spawn (Morrow 1980).
Cottus asper Richardson, 1836. Prickly Sculpin. To 19.2 cm (7.7 in) SL (Coad 1995). Seward, Alaska (coast of
northern Gulf of Alaska) to Ventura River, southern California (Morrow 1980). Usually in fresh water,
occasionally in estuaries and nearshore marine waters (Mecklenburg et al. 2002).
Enophrys bison (Girard, 1854). Buffalo Sculpin. To 37.1 cm (14.6 in) TL (Miller and Lea 1972). Uyak Bay,
Kodiak Island, western Gulf of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to Monterey Bay, central California
(Miller and Lea 1972). Benthic; intertidal and to 26 m (85 ft) (min.: Sandercock and Wilimovsky 1968;
max.: LACM 35699.003), reported to 137 m (450 ft; W. A. Palsson, pers. comm. to M. L.).
Enophrys diceraus (Pallas, 1788). Antlered Sculpin. To 28 cm (11.2 in) TL (Neyelov 1979). Japan and Okhotsk
seas to Commander–Aleutian chain, Bering Sea, and Chukchi Sea to Point Barrow, to Fort Tongass,
southeastern Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic, at depths of 11–120 m (36–394 ft) (min.: UW
1496; max.: UW 22364, UW 42655), reported to 395 m (1,296 ft) in the Sea of Okhotsk in winter when
it moves down from the shelf (B. A. Sheiko, pers. comm. to C. W. M.).
Enophrys lucasi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1898). Leister Sculpin. To about 25 cm (9.8 in) TL (Mecklenburg et al.
2002). Bering Strait, Alaska and Commander–Aleutian chain (Sandercock and Wilimovsky 1968) to
northern British Columbia near Port McNeill (Peden and Wilson 1976). Benthic, at shallow subtidal
depths of 17 m (56 ft) and less to 198 m (650 ft) (min.: Peden and Wilson 1976; max.: UW 25673).
Enophrys taurina Gilbert, 1914. Bull Sculpin. To 17 cm (6.75 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald 1983). San
Francisco, northern California (Miller and Lea 1972) to Santa Catalina and San Nicolas islands, southern
California (Sandercock and Wilimovsky 1968). Benthic, at depths of 11–256 m (36–840 ft; Miller and
Lea 1972).
Gymnocanthus detrisus Gilbert & Burke, 1912. Purplegray Sculpin. To 40 cm (15.7 in) TL (Tokranov 1981).
Pacific and Okhotsk coasts of Hokkaido, Japan (Nakabo in Nakabo 2002) to eastern Bering Sea, Alaska
(Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Benthic, at depths of 15–450 m (49–1,476 ft; Sheiko and Fedorov 2000).
Gymnocanthus galeatus Bean, 1881. Armorhead Sculpin. To about 36 cm (14 in) TL (Eschmeyer and Herald
1983). Northern Japan Sea off Hokkaido to Commander–Aleutian chain and Bering Sea (Mecklenburg
et al. 2002) to Wales Island, British Columbia (Peden and Wilson 1976). Bottom in shallow water near
shore (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) to 579 m (1,900 ft; Orlov 1998), possibly to 625 m (2,050 ft; Allen and
Smith 1988), and most common at 50–165 m (164–541 ft; Mecklenburg et al. 2002). The author and
publication date are sometimes given in parentheses, which would indicate the species is classified in
a genus other than that in which it was originally described. However, Gymnocanthus was misspelled
Gymnacanthus in the original species description and changing from the incorrect to the correct spelling
is just a correction, not a move to another genus.