{{short description|Fish of the superfamily Cottoidea}} {{For|the beer|Ballast Point Brewing Company}} {{Not to be confused|skulpin}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Eocene|present}} | image = Longhorn_sculpin.jpg | image_caption = ''Myoxocephalus octodecemspinosus'' | taxon = Cottoidea | authority = Gill, 1889<ref name = Yabe>{{cite journal | author = Mamoru Yabe | year = 1985 | title = Comaprative Osteology and Myology of the Superfamily Cottoidea Pisces:Scorpaeniformes), and its Phylogenetic Classification | journal = Memoirs off the Faculty of Fishes Hokkaido University | volume= 32 | issue =1 | pages = 1–130 | s2cid = 81835479 }}</ref> }}
A '''sculpin''' is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily '''Cottoidea''' in the order Perciformes.<ref name="harry kane">Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012). [http://www.biomechanics.ucr.edu/Kane-Higham-2012.pdf Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology suggest transitions in station-holding demand across species of marine sculpin.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022231934/http://www.biomechanics.ucr.edu/Kane-Higham-2012.pdf |date=2020-10-22 }} ''Zoology'' (Jena) 115(4), 223–32.</ref> As of 2025, this superfamily contains 5 families, 112 genera, and 405 species.<ref name="Nelson5">{{cite book |author1=J. S. Nelson |url=https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |title=Fishes of the World |author2=T. C. Grande |author3=M. V. H. Wilson |publisher=Wiley |year=2016 |isbn=978-1-118-34233-6 |edition=5th |pages=467–495 |access-date=2022-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408194051/https://sites.google.com/site/fotw5th/ |archive-date=2019-04-08 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CAS - Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Genera/Species by Family/Subfamily |url=https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/SpeciesByFamily.asp |access-date=2025-08-09 |website=researcharchive.calacademy.org}}</ref>
Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools.<ref name="harry kane" />
==Families and subfamilies== Families include:<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Fricke |first=R. |last2=Eschmeyer |first2=W. N. |last3=Van der Laan |first3=R. |date=2025 |title=ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION |url=https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=California Academy of Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Vandenberg |first=Megan L. |last2=Heiple |first2=Zach |last3=Kolmann |first3=Matthew A. |last4=Buser |first4=Thaddaeus |last5=Summers |first5=Adam P. |last6=Meléndez-Vazquez |first6=Fernando |last7=Arcila |first7=Dahiana |last8=Maslenikov |first8=Katherine P. |last9=Tornabene |first9=Luke |date=2026-04-01 |title=Phylogenomics of poachers (Agonidae) and the evolution of armor in cottoid fishes (Perciformes: Cottoidei) |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790326000229 |journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution |volume=217 |article-number=108552 |doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2026.108552 |issn=1055-7903 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* Family Rhamphocottidae <small>Jordan & Gilbert, 1883</small> (horsehead sculpins) * Family Cottidae <small>Bonaparte, 1831</small> (sculpins) * Family Psychrolutidae <small>Günther, 1861</small> (marine sculpins) * Family Jordaniidae <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1898</small> (longfin sculpins)
* Family Nautichthyidae <small>Taranetz, 1941</small> (sailfin sculpins) * Family Hemilepidotidae <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1898</small> (Irish lords) * Family Hemitripteridae <small>Gill, 1865</small> (sea ravens) * Family Agonidae <small>Swainson, 1839</small> (Poachers and sea ravens) ** Subfamily Hypsagoninae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (dragon poachers) ** Subfamily Agoninae <small>Swainson, 1839</small> (hooknose poachers) ** Subfamily Anoplagoninae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (alligator fishes) ** Subfamily Podothecinae <small>Gill, 1861</small> (sturgeon poachers) ** Subfamily Brachyopsinae <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1898</small> (uppermouth poachers) ** Subfamily Agonopsinae <small>Vandenberg et al. 2026</small> (spearnose poachers)
==Gallery== <gallery> Blue Ridge sculpin - Cottus caeruleomentum.jpg|''Cottus caeruleomentum'' ObiAHset.jpg|''Pseudoblennius zonostigma'' Sailfin sculpin (Nautichthys oculofasciatus).jpg|''Nautichthys oculofasciatus'' Ambophthalmos angustus.jpg|''Ambophthalmos angustus'' </gallery>
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Category:Cottoidei Category:Cottoidea Category:Fish of Greenland