Sculpin

 ( Cottoidei ) 

A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Perciformes.Kane, E. A. and T. E. Higham. (2012). Life in the flow lane: differences in pectoral fin morphology suggest transitions in station-holding demand across species of marine sculpin. Zoology (Jena) 115(4), 223–32. As of 2025, this superfamily contains 5 families, 112 genera, and 405 species.

Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and fresh water zones. They live in rivers, , , and shallow Littoral zone habitat types, such as Tide pool.

• Family Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883 (horsehead sculpins)
• Family Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831 (sculpins)
• Family Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861 (marine sculpins)
• Family Jordaniidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (longfin sculpins)
• Family Agonidae William Swainson, 1839 (poachers)
• Subfamily Agoninae Swainson, 1839 (sturgeon poachers)
• Subfamily Anoplagoninae Gill, 1861 (alligator fishes)
• Subfamily Bathyagoninae Lindberg, 1971 (starsnouts)
• Subfamily Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898 (uppermouth poachers)
• Subfamily Hypsagoninae Gill, 1861 (dragon poachers)
• Subfamily Bothragoninae Lindberg, 1971 (rockheads)
• Subfamily Hemitripterinae Gill, 1865 (sailfin sculpins)

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