Cottidae

threadfin sculpin

Icelinus filamentosus

Cottid Fish of Eastern Pacific

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• North America
• Elongated
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The threadfin sculpin (Icelinus filamentosus) is a fish, mostly found in the Pacific waters of North America. A large, deep-water sculpin of the family Cottidae, it occurs in the North Pacific Ocean, from Chirikof Island in the western Gulf of Alaska to Point Loma and Cortez Bank, southern California, USA. Found at depths below 122 ft (35 m), and as deep as 2624 ft (800 m), little is known about this reclusive species.