Sculpin
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A sculpin is a type of fish that belongs to the superfamily Cottoidea in the order Perciformes.<ref name="harry kane">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. Template:Webarchive Zoology (Jena) 115(4), 223–32.</ref> As of 2006, this superfamily contains 7 families, 94 genera, and 387 species.<ref name = Nelson5/>
Sculpins occur in many types of habitat, including ocean and freshwater zones. They live in rivers, submarine canyons, kelp forests, and shallow littoral habitat types, such as tidepools.<ref name="harry kane" />
Families and subfamilies
[edit]Families include:<ref name = Nelson5>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name = VDLEF>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Jordaniidae Starks, 1895
- Rhamphocottidae Jordan & Gilbert, 1883
- Scorpaenichthyidae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Agonidae Swainson, 1839
- Hemilepidontinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Hemitripterinae Gill, 1856
- Bothragoninae Lindberg, 1971
- Hypsagoninae Gill, 1861
- Anoplagoninae Gill, 1861
- Brachyopsinae Jordan & Evermann, 1898
- Agoninae Swainson, 1839
- Bathyagoninae Lindberg, 1971
- Cottidae Bonaparte, 1831
- Cottinae Bonaparte, 1831
- Comephorinae Bonaparte 1850
- Abyssocottinae Berg, 1907
- Psychrolutidae Günther, 1861
- Cottunculinae Regan, 1913
- Psychrolutinae Günther, 1861
- Bathylutichthyidae Balushkin & Voskoboinikova, 1990
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