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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Oligocottus maculosus

Tidepool sculpin

WoRMS 281872ITIS 167333GBIF 2333746key worms:281872
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2026-08-05: itis_id 167333 via WoRMS external link

Silhouette · Matt Dunkle · Public Domain Mark · PhyloPic, drawn from Cottus aleuticus
Tidepool sculpin8.9 cm
US quarter2.4 cm

max · worms_attribute

Photograph of Oligocottus maculosus
Photo · Alex Bairstow · CC BY-NC 4.0 · inat NC

The tidepool sculpin is a fish species in the sculpin family Psychrolutidae that ranges from the Bering Sea to southern California. Individuals reach up to 8 cm (3 in) in length and are common in tidepools.W CalCOFI holds 5 observations of it in 1 dataset between 2005 and 2014, as larva.R

5
observations
5
records
5
sampling events
2005–2014
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 5 obs · 5 events · 2005–2014 · larva
    name used: Oligocottus maculosus Tidepool sculpin · code 753

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:281872%22