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** [[Hypsagoninae]] <small>Gill, 1861</small> |
** [[Hypsagoninae]] <small>Gill, 1861</small> |
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** [[Anoplagoninae]] <small>Gill, 1861</small> |
** [[Anoplagoninae]] <small>Gill, 1861</small> |
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** [[Brachyopsinae]] <small>Jordan & Evermann, 1898</small> |
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** [[Agoninae]] <small>Swainson, 1839</small> |
** [[Agoninae]] <small>Swainson, 1839</small> |
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** [[Bathyagoninae]] <small>Lindberg, 1971</small> |
** [[Bathyagoninae]] <small>Lindberg, 1971</small> |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Suborder: | Cottoidei |
| Superfamily: | Cottoidea Gill, 1889[1] |
Asculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Scorpaeniformes.[2] As of 2006, this superfamily contains 7 families, 94 genera, and 387 species.[3]
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.[2]
Sculpins are benthic fish, dwelling on the bottoms of water bodies. Their pectoral fins are smooth on the upper edge and webbed with sharp rays along the lower edge, a modification that makes them specialized for gripping the substrate. This adaptation helps the fish anchor in fast-flowing water.[2] The sculpin normally grows to about four inches long.[4]
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