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Woolly Sculpin

Clinocottus analis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 479, February 414, March 431, April 535, May 520, June 382, July 327, August 334, September 423, October 432, November 556, December 429.
California7,870
United States5,264
Mexico5
Baja California5
Nevada1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderPerches, Scorpionfishes, Sticklebacks, and Allies · Perciformes
FamilyFathead Sculpins · Psychrolutidae
GenusSharpnose Sculpins · Clinocottus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Woolly Sculpin with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.