Cottidae

deepwater sculpin

Myoxocephalus thompsonii

Twenty Three Centimeters Cottid Fish of North American Waters

• Temperate
• Circumpolar Arctic
• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• North America
• Polar regions
• Medium
• Temperate fish

The deepwater sculpin (Myoxocephalus thompsonii) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cottidae of order Scorpaeniformes. It is a glacial relict, native to a limited number of deep, cold lakes in Canada and the United States.