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Family Cottidae - Sculpin Family
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Cottidae - Sculpins have a large mouth, large fanlike pectoral fins, one to four spines at the front of the gill cover, no or few scales and two dorsal fins.
mottled sculpin (Cottus bairdii) [state threatened]
banded sculpin (Cottus carolinae)
slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus)
deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii)