Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Ascelichthys rhodorus

Rosylip sculpin

WoRMS 279706ITIS 167218GBIF 2334021key worms:279706

2026-08-05: itis_id 167218 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Dunkle · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cottus aleuticus

Rosylip sculpin15 cm

bongo net ring71 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Ascelichthys rhodorus — Photo · Yinan Li · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The rosylip sculpin is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins. This species is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to central California where it is an inhabitant of tidepools and other intertidal environments.W CalCOFI holds 2 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1986 and 2002, as larva.R

2
observations: 2
records: 2
sampling events: 1986–2002
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 2 obs · 2 events · 1986–2002 · larva
name used: Ascelichthys rhodorus Rosylip sculpin · code 732

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/.

Explorer db-query

ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Ichthyoplankton table constrained to this taxon

https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/swfsc_ichthyo.html?&taxon_key=%22worms:279706%22

Ascelichthys rhodorus

How big is itiEvery 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 iniRead from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

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