Prickly Sculpin
Cottus asper
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 641
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The prickly sculpin (Cottus asper) is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is native to the river drainages of the Pacific Slope of North America from Seward, Alaska south to the Ventura River of Southern California. It extends east of the Continental Divide in the Peace River of British Columbia. It has also been introduced to several reservoirs in Southern California.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Prickly sculpin”.