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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Enophrys bison

Buffalo sculpin

WoRMS 275355ITIS 167267GBIF 5201188key worms:275355
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2026-08-05: itis_id 167267 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Dunkle · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cottus aleuticus
Buffalo sculpin37 cm
bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Enophrys bison trying to ignore a photobombing Sebastes at the Birch Aquarium in San Diego, California, USA.
Photo · Stickpen · Public domain · commons

Enophrys bison, the buffalo sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean.W CalCOFI holds 3 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1960 and 1996, as larva.R

3
observations
3
records
3
sampling events
1960–1996
years
1
datasets
larva
life stages

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Ichthyoplankton 3 obs · 3 events · 1960–1996 · larva
    name used: Enophrys bison Buffalo sculpin · code 751

How big is it
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Every mark is a measured length with its own source — hover one to read it. The reference objects are _data/size_reference.csv: two of them, the 505 µm bongo mesh and the net's ring, are CalCOFI's own sampling gear.

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:275355%22