#2266 · 🐟 fish
Tidepool Sculpin
Oligocottus maculosus
🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe
📍 North Pacific Ocean, CA, US
📍 Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA, US
📍 Clallam County, WA, USA
📍 Diana Island, Alberni-Clayoquot, BC, CA
📍 North Pacific Ocean, Moss Beach, CA, US
📍 Unalaska Bay, Unalaska, AK, US
📍 Skagit County, WA, USA
📍 Strait of Juan de Fuca, WA, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Zach Hawn · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 3. North Pacific Ocean, CA, US:© Sadie Hine · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. Seaview Ave NW, Seattle, WA, US:© TunaSimp · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Clallam County, WA, USA:© Mike · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Diana Island, Alberni-Clayoquot, BC, CA:© Emily Frank · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. North Pacific Ocean, Moss Beach, CA, US:© jenobrien · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Unalaska Bay, Unalaska, AK, US:© joshinya · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Skagit County, WA, USA:© paprika11 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Strait of Juan de Fuca, WA, US:© Laura · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The tidepool sculpin ( Oligocottus maculosus ) is a fish species in the sculpin family Cottidae that ranges from the Sea of Okhotsk to Los Angeles County, California. Individuals reach up to 8 cm (3 in) in length and are common in tidepools.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,073 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Tidepool Sculpin
- scientific name
- Oligocottus maculosus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Psychrolutidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 10,073
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
relatives· Psychrolutidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 67629, Wikidata Q3761519, GBIF 2333746, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.