#2082 · 🐟 fish
Longspined Bullhead
🇳🇱 Groene zeedonderpad ·Taurulus bubalis
📍 Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
📍 Oosterschelde National Park, Tholen, Zeeland, NL
📍 Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Corentin Morvan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Francois Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Glenn Biscop · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 8. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Oosterschelde National Park, Tholen, Zeeland, NL:© daniellegeschiere · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Oosterschelde, Zeeuwse meren, 158_13_400, NL:© Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The longspined bullhead ( Taurulus bubalis ), also known as the longspined sea-scorpion , is a coastal fish of the sculpin family Cottidae, inhabiting marine waters of Europe.
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
- Spotted 114 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #11 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,536 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Bengt Anders Euphrasén in 1786 (240 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Longspined Bullhead
- Nederlands
- Groene zeedonderpad
- scientific name
- Taurulus bubalis
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Psychrolutidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 114
- sightings in Europe
- 1,130
- sightings worldwide
- 1,536
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,030
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1786 by Bengt Anders Euphrasén
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Psychrolutidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130386, Wikidata Q1507426, GBIF 2334227, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.